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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 289 · 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: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and red (c) red and blue (d) yellow and blue
  3. 3.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  5. 5.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and blue (c) yellow and red (d) yellow and blue
  7. 7.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs red. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  10. 10.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  11. 11.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  12. 12.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) orange
  15. 15.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  17. 17.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the primary colours (b) the secondary colours (c) brown and grey (d) the tertiary colours
  18. 18.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  19. 19.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and blue (b) red and yellow (c) blue and red (d) blue and yellow
  20. 20.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) green (c) blue (d) red
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) orange (d) green
  22. 22.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  23. 23.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  25. 25.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  26. 26.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  27. 27.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two primary colours (b) black and white (c) two secondary colours (d) three neutral colours
  28. 28.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  32. 32.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  34. 34.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and red (c) blue and yellow (d) red and yellow
  35. 35.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) red (d) purple
  37. 37.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) red and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) red and yellow
  40. 40.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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