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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 639 · 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: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and red (d) yellow and red
  3. 3.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  5. 5.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) red
  6. 6.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  7. 7.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and yellow (c) blue and red (d) yellow and red
  11. 11.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  12. 12.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) green
  14. 14.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  15. 15.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  16. 16.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  17. 17.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) red and blue (d) yellow and blue
  18. 18.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) green (d) purple
  19. 19.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  20. 20.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  21. 21.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  22. 22.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  23. 23.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and blue (b) blue and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) yellow and red
  24. 24.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  25. 25.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  26. 26.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two secondary colours (b) three neutral colours (c) black and white (d) two primary colours
  27. 27.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) purple
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) orange (c) blue (d) green
  29. 29.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  30. 30.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  31. 31.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  32. 32.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) blue
  33. 33.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) orange (d) yellow
  35. 35.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) green (c) purple (d) orange
  38. 38.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  39. 39.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  40. 40.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?

Answer key

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

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