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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 154 · 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 blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  2. 2.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  3. 3.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  4. 4.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  6. 6.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  7. 7.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) green (d) orange
  9. 9.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  10. 10.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  11. 11.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) green
  12. 12.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) two secondary colours (c) two primary colours (d) three neutral colours
  13. 13.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  14. 14.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) red (d) blue
  15. 15.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  16. 16.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and red (c) red and blue (d) yellow and blue
  17. 17.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  18. 18.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  19. 19.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) red and blue (c) red and yellow (d) yellow and blue
  20. 20.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  21. 21.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) blue (c) green (d) purple
  22. 22.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  23. 23.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) brown and grey (b) the primary colours (c) the tertiary colours (d) the secondary colours
  24. 24.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  25. 25.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) green (d) red
  29. 29.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) red and yellow (c) blue and yellow (d) blue and red
  31. 31.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) orange (c) blue (d) purple
  33. 33.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  34. 34.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  36. 36.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  37. 37.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red (b) purple (c) green (d) orange
  38. 38.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue

Answer key

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

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