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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 163 · 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: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) green (d) red
  3. 3.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  4. 4.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two primary colours (b) black and white (c) two secondary colours (d) three neutral colours
  5. 5.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) orange (c) purple (d) green
  7. 7.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  8. 8.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  9. 9.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) orange (c) yellow (d) green
  11. 11.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the tertiary colours (b) the primary colours (c) brown and grey (d) the secondary colours
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) purple (c) orange (d) green
  13. 13.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  16. 16.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  18. 18.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) green (c) orange (d) purple
  20. 20.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) blue
  21. 21.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  26. 26.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  27. 27.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and red (c) red and blue (d) blue and yellow
  28. 28.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  31. 31.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  32. 32.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) purple
  34. 34.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) purple
  35. 35.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow (c) orange (d) blue
  39. 39.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  40. 40.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs red. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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