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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 994 · 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.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) yellow
  3. 3.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and blue (b) yellow and red (c) red and blue (d) blue and red
  4. 4.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow (b) green (c) orange (d) purple
  5. 5.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the primary colours (b) the secondary colours (c) brown and grey (d) the tertiary colours
  8. 8.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  9. 9.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) three neutral colours (b) black and white (c) two primary colours (d) two secondary colours
  10. 10.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) orange
  11. 11.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) red (c) orange (d) purple
  13. 13.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  14. 14.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) blue and yellow (c) blue and red (d) yellow and red
  15. 15.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  17. 17.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  21. 21.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) blue (c) orange (d) purple
  28. 28.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  29. 29.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs red. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  32. 32.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) blue (c) purple (d) yellow
  36. 36.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) orange (d) red
  38. 38.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  39. 39.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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