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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 371 · 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) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) green (c) yellow (d) purple
  3. 3.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) blue and yellow
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) green
  6. 6.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  7. 7.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) purple
  11. 11.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  12. 12.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  13. 13.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  14. 14.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two primary colours (b) black and white (c) three neutral colours (d) two secondary colours
  15. 15.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  18. 18.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  19. 19.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  21. 21.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) purple (c) red (d) green
  22. 22.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  23. 23.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and red (b) red and yellow (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and red
  24. 24.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and blue (b) blue and red (c) yellow and red (d) red and blue
  26. 26.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  27. 27.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) red and yellow (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and red
  28. 28.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  30. 30.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  34. 34.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the primary colours (b) the tertiary colours (c) brown and grey (d) the secondary colours
  35. 35.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  37. 37.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) blue (d) orange
  38. 38.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) blue (c) yellow (d) red
  40. 40.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange

Answer key

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

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