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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 340 · 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: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) green (c) orange (d) purple
  3. 3.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) red and blue (c) yellow and red (d) blue and yellow
  5. 5.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  7. 7.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  8. 8.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  9. 9.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  10. 10.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  11. 11.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  12. 12.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  13. 13.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) blue
  14. 14.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) red (d) purple
  16. 16.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  17. 17.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and blue (c) yellow and blue (d) yellow and red
  18. 18.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  19. 19.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  20. 20.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) purple (c) yellow (d) red
  21. 21.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  22. 22.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  23. 23.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and blue (c) yellow and blue (d) red and yellow
  24. 24.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) green (c) yellow (d) purple
  26. 26.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  27. 27.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and blue (b) red and yellow (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and red
  28. 28.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) orange (d) green
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) orange
  30. 30.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red
  32. 32.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) brown and grey (b) the tertiary colours (c) the primary colours (d) the secondary colours
  35. 35.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  37. 37.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  39. 39.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  40. 40.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red

Answer key

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

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