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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 315 · 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: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  4. 4.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  5. 5.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) purple
  7. 7.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) red and blue (d) blue and yellow
  8. 8.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  9. 9.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  12. 12.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  13. 13.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) orange
  15. 15.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  17. 17.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) blue and red (c) yellow and red (d) red and yellow
  18. 18.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  19. 19.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) green (d) orange
  20. 20.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) purple (c) red (d) green
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) red (d) blue
  22. 22.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and blue (c) blue and red (d) yellow and red
  23. 23.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs red. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  25. 25.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) orange (c) yellow (d) green
  28. 28.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  29. 29.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  33. 33.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) green (d) yellow
  35. 35.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) green
  36. 36.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) red
  38. 38.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  39. 39.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour

Answer key

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

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