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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 686 · 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.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) purple
  3. 3.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) red and blue
  4. 4.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  5. 5.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and blue (c) yellow and red (d) yellow and blue
  6. 6.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  7. 7.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  9. 9.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  10. 10.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) purple
  11. 11.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  13. 13.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and red (b) red and blue (c) red and yellow (d) blue and yellow
  14. 14.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  15. 15.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  16. 16.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and blue (b) blue and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) red and yellow
  17. 17.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  18. 18.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  19. 19.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  22. 22.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue (c) green (d) yellow
  24. 24.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  26. 26.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) blue and red
  27. 27.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and red (b) red and yellow (c) red and blue (d) yellow and blue
  29. 29.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) three neutral colours (b) two secondary colours (c) two primary colours (d) black and white
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) orange (c) red (d) green
  33. 33.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  34. 34.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) brown and grey (b) the secondary colours (c) the primary colours (d) the tertiary colours
  37. 37.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  40. 40.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange

Answer key

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

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