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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 923 · 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 two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and blue (c) red and yellow (d) yellow and red
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) orange (c) blue (d) yellow
  3. 3.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) orange (b) blue (c) red (d) yellow
  10. 10.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  12. 12.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red
  15. 15.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  16. 16.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and red (d) red and yellow
  17. 17.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  20. 20.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  22. 22.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  23. 23.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  26. 26.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  28. 28.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  29. 29.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) green (c) blue (d) red
  30. 30.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  31. 31.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) red and yellow (d) red and blue
  32. 32.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  33. 33.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) blue (c) purple (d) green
  36. 36.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) yellow
  40. 40.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange

Answer key

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

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