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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 177 · 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 red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  2. 2.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) blue and red (c) red and blue (d) yellow and red
  3. 3.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  4. 4.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  5. 5.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  6. 6.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) red (c) purple (d) green
  8. 8.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and yellow (b) red and blue (c) yellow and blue (d) blue and yellow
  9. 9.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  10. 10.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) red
  12. 12.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  13. 13.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  14. 14.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) orange (c) green (d) purple
  16. 16.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  17. 17.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  18. 18.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  21. 21.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) blue and yellow (c) blue and red (d) yellow and red
  23. 23.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) green (d) purple
  24. 24.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs red. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  27. 27.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  28. 28.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  29. 29.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) purple
  33. 33.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  35. 35.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) blue (b) green (c) purple (d) orange
  36. 36.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) red (c) blue (d) yellow

Answer key

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

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