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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 73 · 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 blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  2. 2.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  7. 7.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  8. 8.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  10. 10.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  11. 11.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  12. 12.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  13. 13.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) blue and yellow (c) blue and red (d) red and yellow
  14. 14.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) yellow and red (d) red and blue
  15. 15.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) green
  17. 17.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) brown and grey (b) the tertiary colours (c) the primary colours (d) the secondary colours
  18. 18.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two secondary colours (b) three neutral colours (c) black and white (d) two primary colours
  19. 19.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  20. 20.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) red
  21. 21.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) green (c) blue (d) purple
  23. 23.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) red (c) orange (d) purple
  28. 28.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) purple (d) red
  29. 29.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and red (c) yellow and blue (d) blue and yellow
  32. 32.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  34. 34.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  37. 37.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  39. 39.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) red (d) blue
  40. 40.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour

Answer key

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

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