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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 141 · 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 yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  2. 2.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs red. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) red (c) purple (d) orange
  4. 4.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) purple (b) red (c) blue (d) yellow
  5. 5.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and blue (b) yellow and red (c) red and yellow (d) red and blue
  6. 6.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) red and blue (c) yellow and red (d) yellow and blue
  7. 7.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  8. 8.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) blue and red (d) yellow and blue
  9. 9.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) red (d) purple
  10. 10.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  12. 12.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  13. 13.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  14. 14.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) yellow
  17. 17.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) orange (c) red (d) yellow
  19. 19.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) blue and yellow (c) red and blue (d) red and yellow
  20. 20.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  21. 21.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  22. 22.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  25. 25.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) purple (c) blue (d) orange
  26. 26.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) three neutral colours (b) two primary colours (c) black and white (d) two secondary colours
  27. 27.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) brown and grey (b) the secondary colours (c) the primary colours (d) the tertiary colours
  28. 28.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  30. 30.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  31. 31.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  34. 34.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  36. 36.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  39. 39.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) blue

Answer key

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

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