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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 158 · 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: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  3. 3.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) blue (c) orange (d) yellow
  6. 6.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  7. 7.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  9. 9.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  10. 10.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) purple (d) green
  11. 11.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and yellow (c) red and blue (d) blue and red
  12. 12.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  13. 13.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  14. 14.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  15. 15.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the tertiary colours (b) brown and grey (c) the primary colours (d) the secondary colours
  17. 17.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) blue and red (c) yellow and red (d) blue and yellow
  18. 18.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  20. 20.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  21. 21.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and yellow (c) red and yellow (d) red and blue
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) green (d) orange
  24. 24.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  26. 26.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) red (c) green (d) purple
  27. 27.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  28. 28.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  29. 29.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  30. 30.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  32. 32.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and blue (b) yellow and red (c) blue and red (d) red and yellow
  33. 33.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two secondary colours (b) black and white (c) two primary colours (d) three neutral colours
  35. 35.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) green
  38. 38.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange

Answer key

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

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