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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 214 · 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: purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) green
  4. 4.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  5. 5.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) purple (d) red
  8. 8.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  9. 9.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) red
  10. 10.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the primary colours (b) brown and grey (c) the secondary colours (d) the tertiary colours
  11. 11.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and blue (c) red and yellow (d) blue and red
  12. 12.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) blue (c) green (d) orange
  14. 14.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  15. 15.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  16. 16.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  17. 17.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  22. 22.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  23. 23.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  24. 24.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and blue (c) yellow and red (d) blue and yellow
  25. 25.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  26. 26.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  29. 29.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) purple (c) orange (d) green
  32. 32.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) green (c) red (d) yellow
  34. 34.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  35. 35.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  38. 38.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  39. 39.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  40. 40.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and red (b) red and yellow (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and blue

Answer key

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

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