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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 728 · 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: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  3. 3.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) purple (d) red
  4. 4.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  5. 5.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  7. 7.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  8. 8.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  12. 12.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  13. 13.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  15. 15.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  16. 16.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  18. 18.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) green
  20. 20.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  23. 23.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) blue
  24. 24.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and yellow (c) red and blue (d) blue and red
  25. 25.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) blue
  28. 28.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) blue and red (c) red and blue (d) yellow and red
  29. 29.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  31. 31.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) blue (c) green (d) yellow
  32. 32.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  33. 33.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  35. 35.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  36. 36.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) red and blue (d) blue and yellow
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) purple
  38. 38.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  39. 39.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the tertiary colours (b) the secondary colours (c) brown and grey (d) the primary colours

Answer key

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

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