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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 221 · 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 primary colour? (a) purple (b) blue (c) orange (d) green
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) purple (c) red (d) green
  3. 3.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  6. 6.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) red (d) purple
  8. 8.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  11. 11.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) blue and red (c) red and yellow (d) red and blue
  12. 12.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) blue and red
  13. 13.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  14. 14.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  15. 15.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  18. 18.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  22. 22.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  23. 23.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue (c) green (d) yellow
  25. 25.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  28. 28.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  29. 29.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and blue (b) blue and red (c) blue and yellow (d) red and yellow
  30. 30.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two primary colours (b) black and white (c) two secondary colours (d) three neutral colours
  31. 31.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  32. 32.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  33. 33.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  34. 34.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  35. 35.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) purple (c) yellow (d) blue
  37. 37.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  39. 39.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) red (d) blue
  40. 40.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red (d) green

Answer key

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

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