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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 264 · 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 two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and yellow (c) blue and yellow (d) blue and red
  2. 2.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) purple (c) blue (d) green
  4. 4.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) yellow and red (c) blue and yellow (d) blue and red
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) green (c) red (d) orange
  6. 6.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  9. 9.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) red (c) orange (d) yellow
  13. 13.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  14. 14.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  16. 16.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  17. 17.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) red (c) green (d) yellow
  18. 18.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and red (c) red and yellow (d) yellow and blue
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow (c) orange (d) blue
  20. 20.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and red (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and red (d) yellow and blue
  21. 21.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) red
  22. 22.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) blue (c) red (d) yellow
  24. 24.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  25. 25.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  26. 26.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  27. 27.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) red and yellow (c) red and blue (d) yellow and blue
  28. 28.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  29. 29.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) yellow (c) purple (d) orange
  30. 30.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) brown and grey (b) the tertiary colours (c) the secondary colours (d) the primary colours
  32. 32.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  33. 33.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  36. 36.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and blue (b) blue and yellow (c) blue and red (d) yellow and red
  37. 37.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple

Answer key

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

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