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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 369 · 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.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) green (c) red (d) blue
  3. 3.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) red (c) orange (d) blue
  6. 6.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  7. 7.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) red (c) orange (d) purple
  11. 11.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  12. 12.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  13. 13.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  15. 15.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and blue (c) red and yellow (d) yellow and red
  16. 16.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  17. 17.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) green (c) orange (d) purple
  19. 19.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  20. 20.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) blue and yellow (c) red and yellow (d) yellow and blue
  21. 21.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  22. 22.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  23. 23.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  24. 24.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  25. 25.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) orange (c) blue (d) green
  26. 26.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and blue (b) yellow and red (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and blue
  27. 27.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) orange
  28. 28.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs red. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) yellow and red (d) red and blue
  32. 32.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  33. 33.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  35. 35.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  36. 36.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  37. 37.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  38. 38.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  39. 39.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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