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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 306 · 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 yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) yellow and red (d) red and blue
  2. 2.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  4. 4.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and red (b) red and yellow (c) red and blue (d) yellow and blue
  5. 5.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) yellow (d) purple
  6. 6.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) red and blue (c) red and yellow (d) blue and yellow
  8. 8.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  9. 9.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  10. 10.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) brown and grey (b) the tertiary colours (c) the secondary colours (d) the primary colours
  12. 12.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  13. 13.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  14. 14.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  15. 15.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) two primary colours (c) three neutral colours (d) two secondary colours
  16. 16.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) orange
  17. 17.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) purple (c) blue (d) yellow
  18. 18.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) blue
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) purple
  21. 21.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  22. 22.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  23. 23.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) red and blue
  24. 24.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and yellow (b) red and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) blue and red
  27. 27.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  29. 29.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green (d) yellow
  31. 31.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  32. 32.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) orange (c) yellow (d) red
  37. 37.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  38. 38.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  39. 39.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) green (c) orange (d) purple

Answer key

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

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