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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 184 · 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 blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  2. 2.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and red (c) blue and yellow (d) red and yellow
  3. 3.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow (c) green (d) blue
  6. 6.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  8. 8.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) blue and yellow (c) yellow and red (d) blue and red
  9. 9.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  10. 10.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) orange
  12. 12.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  13. 13.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  14. 14.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  15. 15.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) purple
  17. 17.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) blue (d) purple
  21. 21.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  22. 22.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) purple (c) red (d) green
  23. 23.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and yellow (c) blue and red (d) red and blue
  25. 25.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the primary colours (b) the secondary colours (c) brown and grey (d) the tertiary colours
  28. 28.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  29. 29.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  31. 31.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) red and blue (d) blue and yellow
  32. 32.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  33. 33.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  36. 36.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  40. 40.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue

Answer key

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

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