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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 259 · 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 red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  2. 2.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) purple (d) green
  3. 3.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  4. 4.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  5. 5.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  6. 6.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  7. 7.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  8. 8.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) blue and yellow (c) red and blue (d) red and yellow
  10. 10.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) red (c) purple (d) blue
  11. 11.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs red. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) red
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) blue (d) red
  14. 14.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  15. 15.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and red (c) blue and yellow (d) red and blue
  16. 16.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) blue (d) red
  17. 17.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) blue (c) red (d) yellow
  19. 19.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the tertiary colours (b) brown and grey (c) the primary colours (d) the secondary colours
  20. 20.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  21. 21.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  22. 22.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  24. 24.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  26. 26.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  27. 27.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  29. 29.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) blue
  30. 30.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  31. 31.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  33. 33.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and blue (b) blue and red (c) yellow and red (d) blue and yellow
  34. 34.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) orange (c) red (d) green
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) green
  36. 36.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  39. 39.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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