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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 666 · 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 ? + blue = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  3. 3.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  4. 4.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  7. 7.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) orange (d) red
  10. 10.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  12. 12.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  14. 14.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and red (b) yellow and blue (c) red and blue (d) blue and yellow
  16. 16.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) red (c) purple (d) blue
  19. 19.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) blue
  21. 21.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  22. 22.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the tertiary colours (b) brown and grey (c) the secondary colours (d) the primary colours
  24. 24.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and red (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and red (d) yellow and blue
  26. 26.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  27. 27.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  28. 28.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and yellow (b) red and blue (c) blue and red (d) blue and yellow
  31. 31.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  33. 33.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) green
  34. 34.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) red
  35. 35.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and yellow (c) blue and red (d) yellow and red
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) blue (c) orange (d) green
  37. 37.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  38. 38.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  39. 39.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  40. 40.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue

Answer key

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

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