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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 120 · 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.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  3. 3.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  4. 4.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) yellow
  5. 5.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) three neutral colours (b) two secondary colours (c) black and white (d) two primary colours
  6. 6.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  8. 8.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  9. 9.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  15. 15.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  16. 16.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  18. 18.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) red (c) purple (d) blue
  19. 19.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  20. 20.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  22. 22.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) red and yellow
  23. 23.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  27. 27.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) purple (c) blue (d) green
  29. 29.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  30. 30.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  31. 31.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  32. 32.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  34. 34.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  35. 35.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) blue and red (c) yellow and red (d) yellow and blue
  36. 36.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) orange
  37. 37.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) purple (c) blue (d) green
  38. 38.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red (d) green
  39. 39.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue

Answer key

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

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