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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 957 · 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 primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  2. 2.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  3. 3.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  5. 5.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  6. 6.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  7. 7.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) blue
  8. 8.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) purple (d) blue
  10. 10.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  13. 13.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red
  15. 15.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) purple
  17. 17.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and blue (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and red (d) yellow and blue
  19. 19.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  20. 20.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) green (c) yellow (d) blue
  22. 22.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) yellow and blue (c) red and yellow (d) blue and red
  23. 23.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  24. 24.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) red and yellow
  25. 25.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  26. 26.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and yellow (c) blue and red (d) yellow and red
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) red (c) orange (d) purple
  28. 28.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and blue (c) blue and red (d) yellow and red
  29. 29.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  30. 30.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  31. 31.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  32. 32.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  33. 33.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  34. 34.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) three neutral colours (b) black and white (c) two primary colours (d) two secondary colours
  35. 35.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  38. 38.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  39. 39.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) red and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and red
  40. 40.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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