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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 188 · 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.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and yellow (c) blue and red (d) red and blue
  6. 6.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  10. 10.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  11. 11.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  12. 12.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  13. 13.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) blue (d) purple
  15. 15.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  18. 18.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) green (d) yellow
  21. 21.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  22. 22.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and blue (b) blue and red (c) yellow and blue (d) yellow and red
  23. 23.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two secondary colours (b) black and white (c) three neutral colours (d) two primary colours
  25. 25.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) blue and red (d) yellow and blue
  26. 26.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and yellow (b) red and blue (c) yellow and red (d) yellow and blue
  27. 27.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  29. 29.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and yellow (b) blue and red (c) yellow and red (d) red and blue
  30. 30.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  33. 33.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  37. 37.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and red (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and blue
  38. 38.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  39. 39.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  40. 40.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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