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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 979 · 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 of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) red (c) purple (d) orange
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) orange (c) red (d) yellow
  3. 3.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) green (c) blue (d) yellow
  5. 5.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  7. 7.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  9. 9.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) purple (c) orange (d) green
  11. 11.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) blue (c) green (d) purple
  13. 13.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two secondary colours (b) three neutral colours (c) black and white (d) two primary colours
  14. 14.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  15. 15.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  16. 16.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  17. 17.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  18. 18.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  19. 19.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) red (c) orange (d) blue
  20. 20.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  23. 23.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the primary colours (b) the secondary colours (c) the tertiary colours (d) brown and grey
  25. 25.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  27. 27.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) red (c) purple (d) blue
  30. 30.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and red (c) blue and yellow (d) red and blue
  31. 31.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green (d) red
  33. 33.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) red and yellow (c) blue and red (d) yellow and blue
  34. 34.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  36. 36.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  37. 37.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  38. 38.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) red and blue
  39. 39.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) yellow (d) purple
  40. 40.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) yellow and red (c) blue and red (d) blue and yellow

Answer key

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

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