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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 533 · 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: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  3. 3.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) yellow (d) purple
  5. 5.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  7. 7.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  9. 9.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  11. 11.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  12. 12.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  13. 13.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) green
  15. 15.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  19. 19.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) orange (d) red
  21. 21.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) blue (c) green (d) yellow
  22. 22.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) blue
  25. 25.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) blue (d) red
  28. 28.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  29. 29.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) blue and red
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) red
  31. 31.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  32. 32.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  33. 33.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  34. 34.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) blue (d) purple
  35. 35.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  38. 38.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the secondary colours (b) the primary colours (c) the tertiary colours (d) brown and grey
  39. 39.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  40. 40.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue

Answer key

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

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