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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

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

Answer key

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

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