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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 234 · 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 secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  2. 2.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  5. 5.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) green (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red
  6. 6.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  7. 7.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  9. 9.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  11. 11.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  12. 12.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) orange (d) red
  14. 14.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  15. 15.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  16. 16.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  18. 18.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  21. 21.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) yellow and red (d) blue and red
  24. 24.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) red (d) blue
  25. 25.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  26. 26.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) orange (c) green (d) purple
  28. 28.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two secondary colours (b) three neutral colours (c) black and white (d) two primary colours
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) green (c) purple (d) orange
  30. 30.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  33. 33.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  34. 34.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) yellow (d) orange
  36. 36.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and blue (c) red and yellow (d) blue and yellow
  37. 37.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) purple (c) blue (d) yellow
  38. 38.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  39. 39.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  40. 40.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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