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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 918 · 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: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) blue and yellow (c) red and blue (d) yellow and red
  3. 3.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  4. 4.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  5. 5.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  6. 6.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and yellow (c) blue and red (d) yellow and red
  9. 9.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  10. 10.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue (c) purple (d) yellow
  12. 12.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) red (c) green (d) yellow
  13. 13.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) blue (b) purple (c) green (d) orange
  14. 14.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) purple (c) red (d) orange
  17. 17.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  18. 18.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  19. 19.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  20. 20.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) blue and red (c) yellow and blue (d) red and yellow
  22. 22.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and blue (c) yellow and red (d) red and yellow
  23. 23.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  25. 25.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  28. 28.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) brown and grey (b) the tertiary colours (c) the secondary colours (d) the primary colours
  29. 29.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  31. 31.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two secondary colours (b) two primary colours (c) three neutral colours (d) black and white
  32. 32.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  38. 38.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  39. 39.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  40. 40.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) purple (c) yellow (d) red

Answer key

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

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