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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 365 · 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.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  2. 2.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) yellow and red (c) blue and yellow (d) red and blue
  4. 4.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs red. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  7. 7.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  8. 8.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  9. 9.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  10. 10.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) red
  13. 13.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and blue (c) red and blue (d) red and yellow
  14. 14.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  16. 16.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) green (d) orange
  19. 19.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  20. 20.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) orange (c) blue (d) yellow
  22. 22.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) yellow and red (d) red and blue
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) blue (c) yellow (d) red
  24. 24.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) orange (b) red (c) yellow (d) blue
  25. 25.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  26. 26.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) green (b) red (c) blue (d) yellow
  27. 27.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  31. 31.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  32. 32.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  33. 33.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and blue (b) blue and red (c) yellow and red (d) red and yellow
  36. 36.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  37. 37.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  38. 38.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) three neutral colours (b) two primary colours (c) two secondary colours (d) black and white
  39. 39.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour

Answer key

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

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