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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 240 · 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.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  2. 2.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) orange (b) red (c) blue (d) yellow
  3. 3.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) orange (d) green
  5. 5.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) red (c) purple (d) blue
  6. 6.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and blue (b) blue and yellow (c) blue and red (d) yellow and red
  7. 7.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) two primary colours (c) three neutral colours (d) two secondary colours
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) red (c) green (d) orange
  9. 9.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) red and blue (c) yellow and blue (d) red and yellow
  10. 10.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) blue (d) purple
  11. 11.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  12. 12.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  14. 14.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) blue (d) red
  17. 17.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) red (c) purple (d) orange
  18. 18.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  20. 20.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  22. 22.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  24. 24.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  26. 26.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) green (c) red (d) yellow
  28. 28.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  30. 30.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  31. 31.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) red and yellow (c) red and blue (d) yellow and blue
  34. 34.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and red (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and red (d) blue and yellow
  35. 35.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  36. 36.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and red (d) red and yellow
  39. 39.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and red (d) yellow and red
  40. 40.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the primary colours (b) brown and grey (c) the tertiary colours (d) the secondary colours

Answer key

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

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