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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 149 · 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: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) yellow
  4. 4.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  6. 6.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  8. 8.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  9. 9.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  10. 10.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) three neutral colours (c) two primary colours (d) two secondary colours
  11. 11.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) yellow and red (c) blue and red (d) yellow and blue
  12. 12.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  15. 15.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) orange (b) red (c) yellow (d) blue
  17. 17.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and yellow (c) blue and red (d) yellow and blue
  21. 21.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  22. 22.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  23. 23.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and red (c) blue and yellow (d) red and blue
  24. 24.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  25. 25.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  26. 26.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and blue (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and red (d) yellow and blue
  27. 27.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  29. 29.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the secondary colours (b) the primary colours (c) brown and grey (d) the tertiary colours
  30. 30.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) yellow
  32. 32.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) green (d) yellow
  35. 35.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red (d) green
  36. 36.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs red. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  38. 38.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  40. 40.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow

Answer key

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

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