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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 182 · 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 secondary colour? (a) blue (b) red (c) green (d) yellow
  2. 2.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) blue and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) red and yellow
  4. 4.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  5. 5.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) blue (c) purple (d) green
  9. 9.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and yellow (c) red and blue (d) yellow and blue
  10. 10.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  11. 11.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) yellow (c) purple (d) orange
  12. 12.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  15. 15.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  17. 17.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) orange
  19. 19.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two primary colours (b) black and white (c) two secondary colours (d) three neutral colours
  20. 20.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  21. 21.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  22. 22.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  25. 25.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  26. 26.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  27. 27.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  29. 29.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  30. 30.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  32. 32.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  34. 34.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  35. 35.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  36. 36.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) red (c) orange (d) purple
  37. 37.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) purple (d) yellow

Answer key

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

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