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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 857 · 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 green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) orange (c) yellow (d) red
  3. 3.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  4. 4.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  5. 5.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red (b) green (c) purple (d) orange
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) purple (c) yellow (d) blue
  7. 7.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  8. 8.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) orange (c) blue (d) yellow
  10. 10.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) green (b) red (c) blue (d) yellow
  11. 11.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  12. 12.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  13. 13.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) three neutral colours (b) two primary colours (c) black and white (d) two secondary colours
  15. 15.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) yellow
  17. 17.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  18. 18.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  20. 20.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  21. 21.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and blue (c) red and blue (d) yellow and red
  22. 22.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  23. 23.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and yellow (c) yellow and red (d) blue and red
  25. 25.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) blue (d) orange
  26. 26.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  27. 27.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  28. 28.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) green
  30. 30.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  32. 32.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and red (c) yellow and red (d) yellow and blue
  33. 33.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs red. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) red (c) orange (d) green
  39. 39.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  40. 40.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange

Answer key

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

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