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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 362 · 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.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) red and blue (c) red and yellow (d) yellow and blue
  3. 3.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  4. 4.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and red (c) blue and yellow (d) red and blue
  5. 5.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  6. 6.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and blue (b) blue and yellow (c) red and yellow (d) blue and red
  7. 7.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  8. 8.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  9. 9.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  10. 10.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  11. 11.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  17. 17.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) blue (c) red (d) yellow
  19. 19.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  20. 20.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  21. 21.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) red and yellow (c) red and blue (d) yellow and blue
  22. 22.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) purple (c) yellow (d) orange
  23. 23.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) red (c) purple (d) green
  25. 25.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  27. 27.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  28. 28.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  29. 29.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue (c) purple (d) yellow
  32. 32.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  34. 34.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) red
  35. 35.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  36. 36.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) blue (c) purple (d) green
  38. 38.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) red (c) purple (d) blue
  39. 39.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) green
  40. 40.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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