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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 127 · 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: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  6. 6.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  8. 8.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  9. 9.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) blue (d) red
  12. 12.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) red (c) yellow (d) blue
  15. 15.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  17. 17.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  18. 18.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) yellow and red (c) blue and red (d) blue and yellow
  19. 19.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) green (d) red
  22. 22.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  23. 23.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) blue and red (c) red and blue (d) red and yellow
  24. 24.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  27. 27.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) green (c) red (d) orange
  29. 29.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) blue
  30. 30.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  32. 32.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green (d) red
  33. 33.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) red and yellow (c) blue and red (d) yellow and blue
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) blue (c) green (d) orange
  35. 35.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  36. 36.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) yellow and blue (c) red and yellow (d) red and blue
  37. 37.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  39. 39.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  40. 40.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) red (c) orange (d) blue

Answer key

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

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