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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 351 · 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) orange (c) yellow (d) green
  2. 2.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and blue (b) yellow and blue (c) yellow and red (d) red and yellow
  4. 4.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  7. 7.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) orange
  9. 9.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) red and blue (d) red and yellow
  10. 10.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) purple (d) red
  11. 11.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) brown and grey (b) the primary colours (c) the tertiary colours (d) the secondary colours
  13. 13.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  15. 15.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  17. 17.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  19. 19.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) green
  20. 20.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  22. 22.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  23. 23.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) red and blue
  26. 26.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) blue (b) green (c) purple (d) orange
  27. 27.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  28. 28.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  29. 29.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) red
  30. 30.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  31. 31.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  32. 32.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  33. 33.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and blue (b) yellow and red (c) yellow and blue (d) blue and yellow
  35. 35.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) blue
  37. 37.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  38. 38.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  39. 39.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green

Answer key

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

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