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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 230 · 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: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  3. 3.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and yellow (b) red and blue (c) blue and red (d) yellow and blue
  4. 4.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) yellow and red (d) blue and red
  6. 6.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  7. 7.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  8. 8.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  9. 9.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) red (c) purple (d) blue
  11. 11.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) purple (c) red (d) orange
  13. 13.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  14. 14.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) red (c) yellow (d) blue
  19. 19.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  22. 22.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  23. 23.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) green
  24. 24.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  25. 25.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) orange
  26. 26.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  27. 27.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two secondary colours (b) black and white (c) three neutral colours (d) two primary colours
  28. 28.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  31. 31.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  33. 33.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) purple (c) red (d) yellow
  35. 35.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  36. 36.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  38. 38.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  40. 40.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange

Answer key

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

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