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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 506 · 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.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  2. 2.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  3. 3.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) red and blue
  6. 6.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.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
  9. 9.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green (d) yellow
  12. 12.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  14. 14.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  15. 15.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) red and blue (d) yellow and blue
  16. 16.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  17. 17.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two primary colours (b) two secondary colours (c) black and white (d) three neutral colours
  19. 19.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  20. 20.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  21. 21.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) red and blue (c) yellow and red (d) blue and yellow
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) purple (c) blue (d) green
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) red (c) purple (d) blue
  25. 25.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  26. 26.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) blue
  27. 27.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) orange (b) blue (c) red (d) yellow
  28. 28.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  29. 29.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  30. 30.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  31. 31.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  32. 32.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  33. 33.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  34. 34.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) purple (c) yellow (d) green
  38. 38.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  40. 40.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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