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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 265 · 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 green? (a) blue and red (b) red and yellow (c) blue and yellow (d) red and blue
  2. 2.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the tertiary colours (b) brown and grey (c) the secondary colours (d) the primary colours
  3. 3.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  4. 4.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  5. 5.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  7. 7.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) three neutral colours (b) two primary colours (c) black and white (d) two secondary colours
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) red (d) blue
  9. 9.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) red (c) yellow (d) blue
  11. 11.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and blue (c) yellow and red (d) red and yellow
  12. 12.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  13. 13.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and blue (b) yellow and red (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and blue
  14. 14.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  16. 16.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  18. 18.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) purple
  19. 19.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) green (c) yellow (d) red
  21. 21.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  22. 22.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow (b) green (c) purple (d) orange
  24. 24.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) red (c) orange (d) blue
  26. 26.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red (b) orange (c) green (d) purple
  28. 28.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  29. 29.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and red (c) yellow and blue (d) red and blue
  30. 30.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  31. 31.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  33. 33.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  35. 35.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  36. 36.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) purple (c) red (d) green
  39. 39.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) blue and red (d) red and yellow
  40. 40.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour

Answer key

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

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