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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 151 · 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: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  5. 5.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  6. 6.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) blue (d) red
  10. 10.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) green (b) red (c) yellow (d) blue
  11. 11.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  12. 12.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and yellow (c) red and blue (d) yellow and red
  13. 13.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  14. 14.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  16. 16.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) yellow and red (c) blue and yellow (d) blue and red
  17. 17.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow (b) green (c) orange (d) purple
  19. 19.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) red (c) orange (d) blue
  21. 21.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  22. 22.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  25. 25.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  26. 26.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  29. 29.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  31. 31.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and yellow (c) red and blue (d) blue and red
  32. 32.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  33. 33.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) blue
  35. 35.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) purple
  37. 37.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  38. 38.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  39. 39.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  40. 40.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange

Answer key

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

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