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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 853 · 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.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  2. 2.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  3. 3.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) red (d) orange
  4. 4.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and blue (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and red (d) blue and yellow
  6. 6.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  7. 7.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  8. 8.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  9. 9.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two secondary colours (b) two primary colours (c) three neutral colours (d) black and white
  11. 11.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) purple
  12. 12.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  13. 13.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  14. 14.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  15. 15.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  16. 16.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  17. 17.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) green (b) red (c) blue (d) yellow
  18. 18.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  19. 19.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green (d) blue
  21. 21.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) red and yellow (d) red and blue
  22. 22.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  23. 23.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  25. 25.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) yellow
  28. 28.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) green (c) blue (d) yellow
  30. 30.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and blue (b) yellow and red (c) blue and red (d) red and yellow
  31. 31.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) purple (d) green
  32. 32.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  38. 38.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and blue (b) blue and red (c) red and yellow (d) yellow and red
  39. 39.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  40. 40.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs blue. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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