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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 59 · 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 red + ? = purple needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  3. 3.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  4. 4.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  5. 5.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) orange (c) red (d) yellow
  6. 6.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  7. 7.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  9. 9.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) green
  13. 13.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  15. 15.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  16. 16.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and blue (c) blue and red (d) yellow and red
  17. 17.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) red
  18. 18.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  20. 20.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  21. 21.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) orange (d) red
  23. 23.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and blue (c) red and yellow (d) blue and yellow
  24. 24.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) red
  26. 26.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  28. 28.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs red. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and red (d) red and yellow
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) blue
  32. 32.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  36. 36.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) brown and grey (b) the secondary colours (c) the tertiary colours (d) the primary colours
  37. 37.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  38. 38.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  39. 39.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) blue (c) red (d) yellow

Answer key

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

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