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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

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

Answer key

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

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