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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 254 · 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: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) purple
  3. 3.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  5. 5.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  6. 6.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) orange
  8. 8.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  9. 9.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  12. 12.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) blue (c) green (d) yellow
  13. 13.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and blue (c) yellow and red (d) blue and yellow
  14. 14.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) blue (c) orange (d) purple
  15. 15.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) yellow
  18. 18.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) orange (c) blue (d) green
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue (c) green (d) yellow
  21. 21.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  22. 22.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  23. 23.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  24. 24.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  27. 27.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  28. 28.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  31. 31.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and blue (c) red and yellow (d) blue and red
  32. 32.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) red (c) orange (d) green
  33. 33.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) orange
  34. 34.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) yellow and blue (d) red and blue
  35. 35.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  36. 36.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) red
  40. 40.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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