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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 889 · 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: mixing red and blue paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  5. 5.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) orange (d) blue
  6. 6.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and blue (c) yellow and red (d) blue and red
  8. 8.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and blue (b) red and yellow (c) blue and yellow (d) blue and red
  9. 9.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  10. 10.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) purple
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) blue
  12. 12.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) orange
  15. 15.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) blue (c) green (d) orange
  16. 16.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) yellow and blue (d) red and blue
  17. 17.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  18. 18.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) yellow (c) purple (d) orange
  19. 19.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red (b) green (c) purple (d) orange
  21. 21.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  22. 22.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  23. 23.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  24. 24.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) blue and red (d) red and yellow
  25. 25.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  26. 26.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and yellow (c) blue and red (d) yellow and red
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) green (c) orange (d) purple
  30. 30.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  31. 31.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) purple
  33. 33.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) red (c) orange (d) purple
  35. 35.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  36. 36.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  40. 40.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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