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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 235 · 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.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  2. 2.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  5. 5.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  7. 7.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and blue (c) red and yellow (d) yellow and red
  8. 8.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  9. 9.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  10. 10.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) orange (d) blue
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) green (d) orange
  12. 12.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  14. 14.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) blue (c) purple (d) green
  17. 17.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) blue and red
  18. 18.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  19. 19.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  20. 20.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) blue (c) yellow (d) red
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) orange (c) red (d) green
  24. 24.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) blue (c) orange (d) purple
  25. 25.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) blue (c) yellow (d) red
  27. 27.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) red
  28. 28.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  29. 29.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and blue (b) blue and yellow (c) blue and red (d) yellow and red
  31. 31.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  33. 33.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  35. 35.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  37. 37.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) three neutral colours (c) two secondary colours (d) two primary colours
  38. 38.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  39. 39.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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