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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 503 · 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: blue is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) green (d) purple
  3. 3.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  4. 4.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) orange (c) yellow (d) blue
  5. 5.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green (d) red
  6. 6.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  7. 7.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  8. 8.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  9. 9.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) red (c) green (d) orange
  11. 11.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  12. 12.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) blue
  13. 13.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and blue (b) yellow and red (c) red and yellow (d) blue and red
  15. 15.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  16. 16.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) purple (c) green (d) orange
  19. 19.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and red (c) yellow and blue (d) red and blue
  23. 23.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) purple (c) yellow (d) red
  26. 26.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  27. 27.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs red. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  30. 30.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  32. 32.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and blue (b) yellow and blue (c) yellow and red (d) red and yellow
  35. 35.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  38. 38.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  40. 40.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green

Answer key

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

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