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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 891 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) orange
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) purple (c) blue (d) yellow
  3. 3.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) green (c) red (d) yellow
  6. 6.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  8. 8.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  10. 10.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and blue (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) blue and red
  11. 11.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  15. 15.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  16. 16.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) orange
  17. 17.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  18. 18.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  21. 21.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  22. 22.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and blue (c) yellow and blue (d) yellow and red
  24. 24.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and yellow (c) blue and yellow (d) red and blue
  25. 25.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  26. 26.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  28. 28.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) green (d) orange
  29. 29.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  32. 32.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) three neutral colours (b) black and white (c) two secondary colours (d) two primary colours
  33. 33.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  36. 36.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  37. 37.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  39. 39.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs red. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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