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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 722 · 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) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  2. 2.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) red (c) purple (d) yellow
  4. 4.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) blue
  6. 6.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) purple
  8. 8.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green (d) blue
  9. 9.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  11. 11.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  12. 12.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) yellow (d) orange
  14. 14.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  15. 15.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  17. 17.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  21. 21.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and blue (b) yellow and red (c) yellow and blue (d) blue and yellow
  22. 22.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) purple (d) green
  24. 24.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) orange
  25. 25.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  26. 26.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  27. 27.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  28. 28.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  29. 29.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) orange
  32. 32.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  34. 34.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs red. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and yellow (b) blue and red (c) red and yellow (d) yellow and red
  36. 36.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the tertiary colours (b) brown and grey (c) the primary colours (d) the secondary colours
  38. 38.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  39. 39.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red

Answer key

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

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