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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 212 · 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.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) green (b) yellow (c) red (d) blue
  2. 2.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  4. 4.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) red and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) red and yellow
  5. 5.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  6. 6.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) red and yellow (d) blue and red
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) blue (c) yellow (d) red
  9. 9.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  10. 10.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  11. 11.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and red (d) red and blue
  17. 17.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  19. 19.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  21. 21.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  22. 22.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  23. 23.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red
  24. 24.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  25. 25.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  27. 27.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) purple (d) green
  29. 29.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  31. 31.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  32. 32.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) brown and grey (b) the primary colours (c) the secondary colours (d) the tertiary colours
  34. 34.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  35. 35.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  36. 36.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) red and yellow (c) red and blue (d) blue and yellow
  37. 37.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  38. 38.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  39. 39.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red

Answer key

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

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