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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 102 · 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 two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and red (c) red and yellow (d) blue and yellow
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) orange
  3. 3.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the tertiary colours (b) the primary colours (c) the secondary colours (d) brown and grey
  4. 4.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) blue and red (c) yellow and blue (d) yellow and red
  5. 5.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and red (c) blue and yellow (d) red and blue
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) green (c) blue (d) purple
  8. 8.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) red and blue (d) yellow and red
  9. 9.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  10. 10.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and blue (b) blue and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) yellow and red
  11. 11.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) blue (c) purple (d) yellow
  12. 12.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) red and yellow (c) blue and red (d) blue and yellow
  13. 13.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  15. 15.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) blue (c) orange (d) green
  16. 16.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  17. 17.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  18. 18.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) red
  22. 22.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) green (b) blue (c) red (d) yellow
  23. 23.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue (c) green (d) yellow
  25. 25.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  26. 26.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) purple (c) red (d) orange
  29. 29.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  30. 30.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  31. 31.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  32. 32.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) blue (d) red
  33. 33.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  36. 36.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  38. 38.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) yellow (c) orange (d) purple
  39. 39.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green

Answer key

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

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