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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 978 · 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.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  2. 2.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  3. 3.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  4. 4.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and red (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) yellow and red
  6. 6.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  7. 7.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) blue
  8. 8.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  9. 9.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  10. 10.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) red and yellow (c) red and blue (d) blue and yellow
  11. 11.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  12. 12.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and red (b) blue and yellow (c) red and yellow (d) yellow and blue
  13. 13.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  14. 14.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red (d) green
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) red (c) yellow (d) blue
  17. 17.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) green
  18. 18.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) yellow (d) orange
  20. 20.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  23. 23.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  24. 24.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  25. 25.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red (d) orange
  27. 27.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  32. 32.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) red
  34. 34.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and yellow (c) red and blue (d) yellow and blue
  35. 35.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the tertiary colours (b) the secondary colours (c) brown and grey (d) the primary colours
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) purple (c) yellow (d) green
  37. 37.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  39. 39.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow

Answer key

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

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