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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 846 · 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 of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) purple (d) blue
  2. 2.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) orange (c) yellow (d) red
  4. 4.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) orange (c) red (d) green
  5. 5.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  6. 6.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  8. 8.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) blue (c) orange (d) green
  10. 10.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  11. 11.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs red. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  13. 13.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) yellow
  15. 15.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  16. 16.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  18. 18.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  20. 20.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) blue (d) purple
  21. 21.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  23. 23.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  26. 26.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) red and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and red
  27. 27.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) yellow (c) purple (d) orange
  28. 28.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  30. 30.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) orange (c) red (d) green
  32. 32.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  33. 33.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) three neutral colours (b) black and white (c) two secondary colours (d) two primary colours
  34. 34.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  35. 35.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  36. 36.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  37. 37.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and red (c) yellow and blue (d) red and blue
  39. 39.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red

Answer key

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

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