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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 372 · 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 orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  2. 2.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and yellow (c) blue and red (d) red and blue
  3. 3.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) orange (c) blue (d) purple
  5. 5.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and yellow (b) blue and red (c) yellow and red (d) red and yellow
  7. 7.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) red and yellow (c) blue and red (d) yellow and blue
  8. 8.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  9. 9.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  10. 10.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  11. 11.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) yellow and blue (c) red and blue (d) blue and yellow
  12. 12.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  14. 14.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) blue (c) orange (d) yellow
  15. 15.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  17. 17.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and red (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) red and blue
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) red
  20. 20.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  23. 23.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) red (c) green (d) blue
  25. 25.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  27. 27.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  28. 28.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  29. 29.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  31. 31.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  34. 34.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  35. 35.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) red
  36. 36.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  37. 37.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  38. 38.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red (d) purple
  39. 39.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  40. 40.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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