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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 482 · 40 questions
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Artist's tip (Two make one): Primary colours: red, yellow, blue — they cannot be mixed from other paints. Secondary colours: orange = red + yellow, green = blue + yellow, purple = red + blue. To find a missing colour, ask: which two primaries are inside this secondary colour?

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  1. 1.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  4. 4.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two primary colours (b) three neutral colours (c) two secondary colours (d) black and white
  5. 5.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  6. 6.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) orange (c) yellow (d) green
  7. 7.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  8. 8.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  9. 9.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  10. 10.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  11. 11.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  12. 12.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) orange (d) red
  13. 13.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  14. 14.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) green (b) blue (c) yellow (d) red
  17. 17.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  18. 18.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  20. 20.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) purple
  23. 23.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  24. 24.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and red (d) yellow and blue
  26. 26.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  27. 27.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  28. 28.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  31. 31.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) blue and red
  32. 32.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) orange (c) yellow (d) green
  35. 35.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) red and blue (d) red and yellow
  36. 36.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) red
  39. 39.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  40. 40.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the primary colours (b) the tertiary colours (c) the secondary colours (d) brown and grey

Answer key

  1. False
  2. True
  3. green
  4. two primary colours
  5. purple
  6. yellow
  7. primary colour
  8. yellow
  9. yellow
  10. green
  11. primary colour
  12. orange
  13. blue
  14. False
  15. False
  16. green
  17. 3
  18. True
  19. blue
  20. False
  21. True
  22. purple
  23. green
  24. True
  25. yellow and blue
  26. purple
  27. orange
  28. False
  29. False
  30. primary colour
  31. blue and red
  32. True
  33. False
  34. yellow
  35. blue and yellow
  36. True
  37. False
  38. red
  39. 3
  40. the primary colours

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