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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 360 · 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 yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  2. 2.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  4. 4.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) yellow and red (c) blue and red (d) yellow and blue
  5. 5.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and yellow (c) red and yellow (d) red and blue
  7. 7.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) orange
  9. 9.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  10. 10.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs red. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) red (d) purple
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue (c) green (d) yellow
  14. 14.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) red and yellow (d) blue and red
  15. 15.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  16. 16.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  17. 17.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🎨 Is purple 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) blue and yellow (c) red and blue (d) red and yellow
  20. 20.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  21. 21.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue (c) purple (d) yellow
  25. 25.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  26. 26.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  27. 27.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  28. 28.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  34. 34.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  36. 36.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  37. 37.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  38. 38.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and red (b) red and blue (c) red and yellow (d) blue and yellow
  40. 40.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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