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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 144 · 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 green? (a) red and blue (b) blue and red (c) yellow and blue (d) red and yellow
  2. 2.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  3. 3.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and yellow (b) red and blue (c) yellow and blue (d) blue and yellow
  5. 5.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  7. 7.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and blue (c) red and yellow (d) yellow and red
  8. 8.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) orange
  9. 9.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  11. 11.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  12. 12.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  13. 13.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) purple
  17. 17.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) red and blue (d) yellow and blue
  18. 18.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  19. 19.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  20. 20.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  21. 21.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and blue (b) blue and red (c) red and yellow (d) yellow and red
  23. 23.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) yellow (d) orange
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) yellow
  25. 25.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  26. 26.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  31. 31.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  33. 33.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  34. 34.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the secondary colours (b) brown and grey (c) the primary colours (d) the tertiary colours
  37. 37.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  38. 38.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  39. 39.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  40. 40.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour

Answer key

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

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