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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 342 · 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: purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  3. 3.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and blue (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) blue and red
  4. 4.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  5. 5.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) blue and red (c) yellow and blue (d) yellow and red
  7. 7.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  8. 8.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  9. 9.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  12. 12.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two primary colours (b) two secondary colours (c) black and white (d) three neutral colours
  13. 13.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  14. 14.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) orange (c) green (d) purple
  16. 16.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  18. 18.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow (c) green (d) blue
  20. 20.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) red
  22. 22.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) orange (b) blue (c) yellow (d) red
  23. 23.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  24. 24.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  26. 26.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  28. 28.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  30. 30.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  33. 33.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  35. 35.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  36. 36.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and red (b) red and blue (c) yellow and blue (d) red and yellow
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) red (c) blue (d) yellow
  40. 40.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange

Answer key

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

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