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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 335 · 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 green? (a) blue and yellow (b) blue and red (c) yellow and red (d) red and blue
  2. 2.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  3. 3.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) brown and grey (b) the primary colours (c) the secondary colours (d) the tertiary colours
  6. 6.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) green (b) red (c) yellow (d) blue
  7. 7.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) yellow (c) purple (d) orange
  10. 10.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) red and blue
  11. 11.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) purple (c) orange (d) green
  13. 13.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) red and blue (d) blue and red
  18. 18.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red
  21. 21.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and red (c) red and blue (d) blue and yellow
  22. 22.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  24. 24.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  26. 26.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) blue
  27. 27.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  28. 28.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  29. 29.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) yellow (d) purple
  30. 30.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  31. 31.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  34. 34.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  36. 36.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  37. 37.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  38. 38.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  39. 39.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  40. 40.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow

Answer key

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

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