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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 100 · 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.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  2. 2.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) purple
  5. 5.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) blue (d) purple
  6. 6.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) blue and red (c) yellow and blue (d) yellow and red
  7. 7.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) red (c) yellow (d) blue
  9. 9.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  10. 10.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  11. 11.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  12. 12.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and yellow (c) red and blue (d) blue and yellow
  13. 13.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  14. 14.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and blue (b) blue and red (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and red
  15. 15.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  16. 16.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  19. 19.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  22. 22.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  23. 23.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) red (d) purple
  24. 24.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  26. 26.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) red (d) blue
  29. 29.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) green (c) red (d) blue
  30. 30.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  31. 31.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) red (d) blue
  32. 32.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  33. 33.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) orange (b) blue (c) red (d) yellow
  34. 34.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  37. 37.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) red and yellow
  38. 38.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) brown and grey (b) the secondary colours (c) the tertiary colours (d) the primary colours
  39. 39.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue

Answer key

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

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