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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 274 · 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 green. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  4. 4.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  5. 5.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  6. 6.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  8. 8.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) yellow and blue (d) blue and red
  9. 9.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  10. 10.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  11. 11.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) green (d) red
  12. 12.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  13. 13.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) red and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and red
  16. 16.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  17. 17.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  19. 19.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) blue (c) purple (d) green
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow (c) green (d) blue
  21. 21.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) blue
  23. 23.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  24. 24.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  25. 25.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) orange (c) yellow (d) blue
  27. 27.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  29. 29.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  31. 31.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) purple (b) red (c) blue (d) yellow
  33. 33.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  35. 35.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs red. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and blue (c) blue and red (d) yellow and red
  38. 38.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  39. 39.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) red (c) orange (d) purple
  40. 40.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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