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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 179 · 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 two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and blue (b) blue and red (c) yellow and red (d) yellow and blue
  3. 3.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  5. 5.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  6. 6.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  7. 7.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  8. 8.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  9. 9.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  10. 10.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) green (c) blue (d) yellow
  12. 12.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) red (c) orange (d) yellow
  13. 13.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  14. 14.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  15. 15.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  16. 16.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  18. 18.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red (b) purple (c) orange (d) green
  19. 19.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and blue (c) yellow and red (d) blue and red
  20. 20.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  22. 22.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) yellow
  23. 23.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  27. 27.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  28. 28.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  29. 29.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) green
  31. 31.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) blue
  34. 34.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and blue (b) red and yellow (c) blue and red (d) blue and yellow
  35. 35.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and yellow (c) red and blue (d) yellow and red
  36. 36.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  37. 37.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  39. 39.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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