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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 353 · 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.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  2. 2.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) purple
  7. 7.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  8. 8.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  9. 9.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) blue and yellow (c) yellow and red (d) red and blue
  10. 10.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  14. 14.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  15. 15.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red
  17. 17.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  18. 18.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  21. 21.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) purple (d) green
  22. 22.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) orange (c) blue (d) green
  23. 23.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  25. 25.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  26. 26.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) orange
  28. 28.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two secondary colours (b) two primary colours (c) black and white (d) three neutral colours
  30. 30.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  31. 31.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  36. 36.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) red (c) green (d) orange
  39. 39.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) red and blue (d) blue and yellow
  40. 40.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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