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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 713 · 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 paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  2. 2.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  6. 6.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  7. 7.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  8. 8.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) orange (d) green
  10. 10.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two secondary colours (b) two primary colours (c) three neutral colours (d) black and white
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) orange (d) yellow
  12. 12.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  13. 13.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) green (b) red (c) blue (d) yellow
  14. 14.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  15. 15.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  17. 17.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  18. 18.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the primary colours (b) the tertiary colours (c) the secondary colours (d) brown and grey
  19. 19.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  20. 20.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  22. 22.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  23. 23.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  24. 24.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and red (c) red and blue (d) blue and yellow
  26. 26.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) blue (c) green (d) purple
  28. 28.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and blue (c) red and yellow (d) blue and red
  29. 29.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  34. 34.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  35. 35.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  36. 36.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) purple (d) blue
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red (d) purple
  38. 38.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) red
  39. 39.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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