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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 203 · 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 yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) green (c) red (d) purple
  3. 3.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow (c) orange (d) blue
  5. 5.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) blue and red
  6. 6.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) green (d) purple
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) red (c) blue (d) yellow
  10. 10.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  11. 11.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  12. 12.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  13. 13.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and yellow (b) blue and red (c) red and yellow (d) yellow and red
  14. 14.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  17. 17.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  18. 18.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  19. 19.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) green (d) purple
  20. 20.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  22. 22.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) blue (b) purple (c) green (d) orange
  24. 24.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) blue (d) red
  25. 25.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  26. 26.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the primary colours (b) brown and grey (c) the tertiary colours (d) the secondary colours
  27. 27.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) green
  28. 28.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  29. 29.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  30. 30.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and red (c) yellow and blue (d) blue and yellow
  31. 31.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  34. 34.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) blue (c) purple (d) orange
  36. 36.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  38. 38.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) red
  39. 39.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and blue (c) red and yellow (d) blue and red
  40. 40.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes green. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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