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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 202 · 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.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  2. 2.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  4. 4.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and yellow (c) blue and red (d) red and blue
  6. 6.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  8. 8.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  9. 9.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red
  12. 12.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) yellow (d) purple
  13. 13.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  14. 14.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  15. 15.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  16. 16.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) red (d) orange
  19. 19.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) green (c) red (d) blue
  21. 21.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and red (d) blue and yellow
  22. 22.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) yellow and blue (c) red and yellow (d) red and blue
  23. 23.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) red and yellow
  24. 24.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  27. 27.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) brown and grey (b) the tertiary colours (c) the secondary colours (d) the primary colours
  29. 29.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  30. 30.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  33. 33.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  34. 34.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  37. 37.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs red. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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