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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 193 · 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 red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  2. 2.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  3. 3.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  4. 4.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red (b) purple (c) orange (d) green
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) orange (d) yellow
  6. 6.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  9. 9.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  10. 10.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  12. 12.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  13. 13.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) green
  14. 14.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  15. 15.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and red (c) yellow and blue (d) red and yellow
  17. 17.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  18. 18.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) purple (c) blue (d) green
  19. 19.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) orange
  20. 20.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  21. 21.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  23. 23.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) brown and grey (b) the secondary colours (c) the tertiary colours (d) the primary colours
  24. 24.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  25. 25.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) purple (c) blue (d) yellow
  26. 26.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  27. 27.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  30. 30.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and blue (b) blue and red (c) red and yellow (d) yellow and red
  31. 31.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) red (c) green (d) blue
  33. 33.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  34. 34.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) red and blue (d) yellow and blue
  37. 37.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) purple (c) orange (d) green

Answer key

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

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