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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 279 · 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) blue and red (b) red and blue (c) red and yellow (d) blue and yellow
  2. 2.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  3. 3.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and red (b) red and yellow (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and red
  5. 5.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  6. 6.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  7. 7.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) blue (d) red
  10. 10.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  11. 11.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) yellow
  13. 13.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) blue and red (d) red and yellow
  16. 16.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  18. 18.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) red
  19. 19.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) blue (b) orange (c) green (d) purple
  21. 21.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  22. 22.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  23. 23.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  24. 24.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  27. 27.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  29. 29.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) yellow
  33. 33.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  35. 35.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  36. 36.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  37. 37.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) purple (d) red
  39. 39.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs red. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) purple (c) orange (d) green

Answer key

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

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