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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 637 · 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: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  3. 3.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  4. 4.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) blue (d) purple
  7. 7.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  8. 8.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two secondary colours (b) two primary colours (c) black and white (d) three neutral colours
  9. 9.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  11. 11.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) orange (d) red
  15. 15.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  16. 16.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) green
  18. 18.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  21. 21.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and yellow (c) blue and red (d) yellow and red
  22. 22.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  23. 23.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  24. 24.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  25. 25.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green (d) red
  26. 26.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and blue (b) yellow and blue (c) yellow and red (d) blue and yellow
  27. 27.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow (c) purple (d) blue
  29. 29.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) orange
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) red
  32. 32.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  33. 33.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) green
  35. 35.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?

Answer key

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

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