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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 592 · 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.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and red (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and red (d) red and blue
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) red (d) blue
  3. 3.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  5. 5.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) two primary colours (c) two secondary colours (d) three neutral colours
  6. 6.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  7. 7.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  8. 8.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) red
  10. 10.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  11. 11.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) purple
  14. 14.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  15. 15.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  16. 16.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  17. 17.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  18. 18.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  19. 19.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  20. 20.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  22. 22.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  23. 23.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  24. 24.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  25. 25.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) red and blue (c) red and yellow (d) yellow and blue
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) purple (d) yellow
  28. 28.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) red (d) purple
  29. 29.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) blue
  32. 32.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  33. 33.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) green (c) purple (d) orange
  36. 36.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  39. 39.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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