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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 370 · 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.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) red
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) green (c) blue (d) orange
  6. 6.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  7. 7.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) orange
  9. 9.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) purple
  13. 13.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and yellow (c) blue and yellow (d) red and blue
  14. 14.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  15. 15.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) orange
  18. 18.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) green (d) orange
  19. 19.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  20. 20.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  21. 21.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  23. 23.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  25. 25.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  26. 26.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  27. 27.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs red. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  29. 29.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two secondary colours (b) two primary colours (c) black and white (d) three neutral colours
  31. 31.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  34. 34.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  35. 35.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) red and yellow (c) red and blue (d) blue and yellow
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) red (d) blue
  37. 37.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) blue and yellow (c) red and blue (d) red and yellow
  38. 38.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  39. 39.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and red (c) yellow and blue (d) red and blue
  40. 40.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue

Answer key

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

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