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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 173 · 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 yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  2. 2.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) brown and grey (b) the tertiary colours (c) the primary colours (d) the secondary colours
  3. 3.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  6. 6.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) orange (c) yellow (d) blue
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) green (c) red (d) yellow
  9. 9.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  10. 10.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and red (c) red and blue (d) blue and yellow
  12. 12.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  13. 13.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) yellow and red (d) red and blue
  14. 14.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  15. 15.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  16. 16.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  17. 17.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  20. 20.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  23. 23.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) blue (c) purple (d) orange
  25. 25.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  28. 28.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) green (c) yellow (d) purple
  30. 30.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) green
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) purple (d) red
  32. 32.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  33. 33.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and blue (c) red and yellow (d) yellow and blue
  34. 34.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  35. 35.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) blue (b) orange (c) purple (d) green
  36. 36.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  38. 38.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  39. 39.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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