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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

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

Answer key

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

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