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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 181 · 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 purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  2. 2.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) yellow
  3. 3.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) blue and red (c) red and yellow (d) yellow and blue
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) green (d) red
  6. 6.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  7. 7.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  9. 9.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and red (c) red and blue (d) blue and yellow
  10. 10.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  12. 12.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) green (c) yellow (d) purple
  14. 14.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) blue (c) green (d) yellow
  15. 15.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  16. 16.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) three neutral colours (c) two secondary colours (d) two primary colours
  17. 17.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  18. 18.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  21. 21.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  23. 23.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  24. 24.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  26. 26.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) red (d) blue
  27. 27.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and blue (b) blue and red (c) yellow and red (d) blue and yellow
  28. 28.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red (b) orange (c) purple (d) green
  29. 29.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  31. 31.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  33. 33.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) blue (b) green (c) orange (d) purple
  34. 34.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  37. 37.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  38. 38.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  40. 40.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green

Answer key

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

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