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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 160 · 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 orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  2. 2.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow (b) green (c) purple (d) orange
  3. 3.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  4. 4.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) orange (b) blue (c) yellow (d) red
  5. 5.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  9. 9.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) blue (c) yellow (d) red
  12. 12.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) green (b) red (c) yellow (d) blue
  13. 13.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  14. 14.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and blue (c) yellow and red (d) blue and red
  15. 15.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  17. 17.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) purple (d) green
  19. 19.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and yellow (c) red and blue (d) blue and red
  20. 20.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  21. 21.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) purple
  26. 26.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  28. 28.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and yellow (c) blue and red (d) red and blue
  30. 30.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  33. 33.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) purple (d) yellow
  35. 35.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two primary colours (b) two secondary colours (c) black and white (d) three neutral colours
  38. 38.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  39. 39.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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