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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 227 · 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 primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  2. 2.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) purple
  3. 3.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the secondary colours (b) the primary colours (c) the tertiary colours (d) brown and grey
  4. 4.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) red (c) green (d) blue
  5. 5.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  7. 7.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) purple (c) green (d) orange
  10. 10.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  11. 11.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) blue (b) purple (c) green (d) orange
  12. 12.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  13. 13.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  14. 14.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red (b) purple (c) orange (d) green
  16. 16.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  17. 17.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  19. 19.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  20. 20.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  21. 21.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  22. 22.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  24. 24.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  25. 25.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) orange
  26. 26.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) orange
  28. 28.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and blue (c) red and yellow (d) blue and red
  29. 29.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) green (d) purple
  31. 31.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  32. 32.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  33. 33.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) blue and red (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and red
  34. 34.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) blue and yellow (c) yellow and red (d) red and blue
  35. 35.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and blue (b) blue and yellow (c) yellow and red (d) red and yellow
  36. 36.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) yellow
  37. 37.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  39. 39.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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