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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 164 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) orange (c) blue (d) purple
  3. 3.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red (b) purple (c) orange (d) green
  4. 4.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  5. 5.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) green (c) red (d) blue
  7. 7.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  8. 8.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and yellow (c) blue and red (d) yellow and blue
  9. 9.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  10. 10.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  14. 14.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) purple (c) red (d) yellow
  16. 16.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  17. 17.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red (d) green
  19. 19.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and red (d) red and yellow
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) orange (c) blue (d) yellow
  22. 22.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  23. 23.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  24. 24.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) blue (c) orange (d) green
  25. 25.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  26. 26.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  27. 27.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) blue and red (c) yellow and red (d) yellow and blue
  28. 28.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  29. 29.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  30. 30.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the secondary colours (b) brown and grey (c) the tertiary colours (d) the primary colours
  31. 31.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  32. 32.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  34. 34.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  35. 35.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  37. 37.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  39. 39.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  40. 40.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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