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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 332 · 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: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) orange
  5. 5.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and yellow (c) blue and red (d) yellow and blue
  7. 7.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  8. 8.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) green (c) yellow (d) red
  9. 9.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  12. 12.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) red and yellow (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and blue
  13. 13.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  14. 14.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) red (c) green (d) orange
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) orange
  17. 17.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  18. 18.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) purple (c) red (d) orange
  20. 20.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  21. 21.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  22. 22.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) orange (c) blue (d) purple
  24. 24.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  26. 26.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and blue (b) blue and red (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and red
  29. 29.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two secondary colours (b) three neutral colours (c) black and white (d) two primary colours
  30. 30.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  31. 31.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  33. 33.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  34. 34.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  35. 35.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  37. 37.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  39. 39.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour

Answer key

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

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