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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 806 · 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: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) purple
  3. 3.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) orange
  5. 5.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) blue and red (d) yellow and blue
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) red
  7. 7.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  9. 9.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  10. 10.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  11. 11.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) purple (d) green
  13. 13.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  16. 16.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and red (d) blue and red
  17. 17.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  21. 21.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  25. 25.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  28. 28.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) two secondary colours (c) three neutral colours (d) two primary colours
  30. 30.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  31. 31.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  33. 33.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  35. 35.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  36. 36.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) purple (d) red
  38. 38.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) red (c) blue (d) yellow
  40. 40.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) purple (c) red (d) orange

Answer key

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

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