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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 209 · 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: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  3. 3.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) blue (c) purple (d) green
  4. 4.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red (d) purple
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) green (c) purple (d) orange
  6. 6.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and blue (c) yellow and blue (d) yellow and red
  8. 8.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  10. 10.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and red (d) red and blue
  11. 11.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  12. 12.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  13. 13.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and blue (c) yellow and red (d) red and yellow
  14. 14.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  15. 15.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  17. 17.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  19. 19.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and red (c) red and blue (d) yellow and blue
  20. 20.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  21. 21.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) orange
  22. 22.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) brown and grey (b) the primary colours (c) the tertiary colours (d) the secondary colours
  23. 23.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  27. 27.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) red (d) purple
  29. 29.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  31. 31.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  33. 33.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  34. 34.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  35. 35.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  36. 36.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) three neutral colours (b) two secondary colours (c) two primary colours (d) black and white
  38. 38.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  39. 39.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) yellow
  40. 40.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue

Answer key

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

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