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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 305 · 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.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  4. 4.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  6. 6.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) blue (d) purple
  7. 7.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  8. 8.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  10. 10.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  12. 12.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  13. 13.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) orange
  14. 14.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  16. 16.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs red. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the tertiary colours (b) the secondary colours (c) brown and grey (d) the primary colours
  18. 18.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green (d) yellow
  19. 19.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  22. 22.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  23. 23.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) yellow and blue (c) red and blue (d) blue and yellow
  26. 26.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  29. 29.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  30. 30.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  32. 32.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) yellow and red (c) blue and yellow (d) blue and red
  33. 33.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) blue (c) purple (d) orange
  35. 35.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  36. 36.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) yellow and blue (d) red and blue
  37. 37.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  38. 38.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and red (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and red
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) purple (c) red (d) orange
  40. 40.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two secondary colours (b) two primary colours (c) three neutral colours (d) black and white

Answer key

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

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