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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 558 · 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: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and red (b) red and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and red
  6. 6.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) red
  8. 8.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and yellow (c) blue and red (d) red and yellow
  9. 9.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and blue (b) blue and yellow (c) red and yellow (d) red and blue
  10. 10.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  11. 11.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  13. 13.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow (b) green (c) orange (d) purple
  14. 14.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  15. 15.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  17. 17.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  19. 19.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  22. 22.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  24. 24.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) blue (d) orange
  25. 25.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  26. 26.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  28. 28.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and blue (c) blue and red (d) yellow and red
  29. 29.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) red
  33. 33.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  34. 34.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and red (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and red (d) yellow and blue
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) green (c) blue (d) red
  38. 38.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  39. 39.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) orange (c) blue (d) yellow

Answer key

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

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