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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 148 · 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.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) green
  3. 3.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and blue (b) red and yellow (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and blue
  4. 4.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  6. 6.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) purple
  7. 7.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) purple (c) blue (d) orange
  8. 8.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  11. 11.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) yellow and red (d) red and blue
  12. 12.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  13. 13.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and blue (c) yellow and red (d) blue and yellow
  15. 15.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  17. 17.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  19. 19.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  21. 21.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  22. 22.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and red (c) blue and yellow (d) red and blue
  24. 24.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  27. 27.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  28. 28.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  30. 30.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) blue and red (c) yellow and blue (d) yellow and red
  31. 31.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  32. 32.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  34. 34.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) red (c) yellow (d) blue
  36. 36.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  40. 40.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?

Answer key

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

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