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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 228 · 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: orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  3. 3.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red
  5. 5.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  6. 6.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  7. 7.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and blue (b) blue and red (c) blue and yellow (d) red and yellow
  9. 9.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  10. 10.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and blue (b) blue and red (c) red and yellow (d) yellow and red
  13. 13.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two primary colours (b) three neutral colours (c) two secondary colours (d) black and white
  15. 15.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) blue (c) orange (d) purple
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) red (c) green (d) blue
  20. 20.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) blue
  23. 23.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  25. 25.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  28. 28.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  30. 30.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  31. 31.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  35. 35.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  37. 37.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and blue (b) red and yellow (c) blue and yellow (d) blue and red
  38. 38.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  39. 39.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) red and blue
  40. 40.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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