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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 334 · 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 colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the secondary colours (b) the primary colours (c) the tertiary colours (d) brown and grey
  2. 2.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  3. 3.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) yellow and red (c) blue and yellow (d) blue and red
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) green (d) orange
  5. 5.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  8. 8.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red (b) purple (c) green (d) orange
  9. 9.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  10. 10.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  11. 11.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  12. 12.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  13. 13.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and red (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and red (d) yellow and blue
  14. 14.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) orange (c) blue (d) green
  16. 16.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) red (c) green (d) orange
  18. 18.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) yellow and red (c) blue and yellow (d) blue and red
  19. 19.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  21. 21.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  22. 22.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  29. 29.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  30. 30.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  31. 31.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  32. 32.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) blue and red
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) green (c) blue (d) purple
  35. 35.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) green (c) red (d) blue
  36. 36.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and blue (b) blue and yellow (c) yellow and red (d) red and yellow
  37. 37.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  38. 38.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  39. 39.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) three neutral colours (b) two secondary colours (c) two primary colours (d) black and white
  40. 40.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) yellow

Answer key

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

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