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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 349 · 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 of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) red (d) orange
  2. 2.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) three neutral colours (b) black and white (c) two primary colours (d) two secondary colours
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow (c) orange (d) blue
  4. 4.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  6. 6.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  8. 8.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow (c) green (d) blue
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) orange (c) yellow (d) green
  11. 11.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the secondary colours (b) the tertiary colours (c) brown and grey (d) the primary colours
  13. 13.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  14. 14.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  17. 17.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) red and yellow (c) red and blue (d) blue and yellow
  18. 18.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  19. 19.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and red (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and blue
  20. 20.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  21. 21.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  22. 22.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) green
  23. 23.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  24. 24.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  26. 26.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  27. 27.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) blue and red (c) yellow and blue (d) yellow and red
  30. 30.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  31. 31.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  32. 32.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) red and blue (c) red and yellow (d) blue and yellow
  33. 33.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  36. 36.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and blue (c) red and yellow (d) yellow and red
  37. 37.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  38. 38.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  39. 39.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) purple (b) red (c) yellow (d) blue
  40. 40.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour

Answer key

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

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