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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 139 · 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) True (b) False
  2. 2.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) orange (c) yellow (d) blue
  3. 3.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) orange (d) red
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) green (d) red
  7. 7.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  9. 9.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  10. 10.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) blue and red (d) yellow and blue
  11. 11.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  15. 15.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and blue (b) yellow and blue (c) red and yellow (d) yellow and red
  16. 16.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red (b) orange (c) purple (d) green
  17. 17.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  18. 18.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and blue (b) yellow and red (c) blue and red (d) red and yellow
  20. 20.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  21. 21.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) blue
  23. 23.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  24. 24.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) red and blue (c) red and yellow (d) yellow and blue
  25. 25.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) blue and yellow (c) red and yellow (d) yellow and blue
  26. 26.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  27. 27.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs red. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  30. 30.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  32. 32.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  34. 34.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  35. 35.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  36. 36.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  39. 39.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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