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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 988 · 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.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  3. 3.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  4. 4.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) yellow
  6. 6.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) blue (d) red
  8. 8.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) three neutral colours (b) two secondary colours (c) two primary colours (d) black and white
  9. 9.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  11. 11.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  12. 12.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  13. 13.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  15. 15.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  16. 16.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  18. 18.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  20. 20.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) green (b) blue (c) red (d) yellow
  22. 22.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) purple (c) blue (d) orange
  23. 23.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and blue (c) yellow and red (d) red and yellow
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) orange (d) red
  25. 25.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) blue
  27. 27.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  29. 29.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  30. 30.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  31. 31.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  32. 32.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  33. 33.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  34. 34.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and red (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and red (d) yellow and blue
  35. 35.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  36. 36.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  38. 38.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  39. 39.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  40. 40.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow

Answer key

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

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