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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 159 · 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.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  3. 3.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue (c) purple (d) yellow
  5. 5.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  8. 8.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red
  9. 9.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  10. 10.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  11. 11.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  13. 13.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and blue (b) blue and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) red and yellow
  14. 14.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  15. 15.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  16. 16.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) yellow and blue (d) blue and red
  17. 17.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  18. 18.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and blue (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) red and yellow
  23. 23.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) green (b) blue (c) yellow (d) red
  24. 24.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  26. 26.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  27. 27.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  28. 28.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs red. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) purple (d) blue
  32. 32.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  33. 33.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow (b) green (c) purple (d) orange
  34. 34.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) red and yellow (d) blue and red
  35. 35.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) purple (c) yellow (d) orange
  38. 38.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  39. 39.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) two primary colours (c) two secondary colours (d) three neutral colours
  40. 40.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour

Answer key

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

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