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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 301 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) green (b) blue (c) yellow (d) red
  2. 2.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  3. 3.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  4. 4.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  5. 5.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  6. 6.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the secondary colours (b) brown and grey (c) the tertiary colours (d) the primary colours
  7. 7.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and blue (b) blue and yellow (c) red and yellow (d) yellow and blue
  9. 9.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  10. 10.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) red (c) yellow (d) blue
  12. 12.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  13. 13.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) red (c) orange (d) blue
  17. 17.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  18. 18.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  19. 19.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  20. 20.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  22. 22.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) blue and red (c) yellow and red (d) blue and yellow
  23. 23.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) red (c) orange (d) purple
  24. 24.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) blue (b) orange (c) purple (d) green
  29. 29.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) yellow and blue (c) red and yellow (d) blue and red
  35. 35.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  36. 36.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  39. 39.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour

Answer key

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

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