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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 373 · 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 are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  2. 2.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  5. 5.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  6. 6.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  7. 7.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  8. 8.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  9. 9.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and red (c) yellow and blue (d) yellow and red
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) red
  11. 11.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  12. 12.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  13. 13.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  16. 16.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  17. 17.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and yellow (b) red and blue (c) yellow and blue (d) yellow and red
  18. 18.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) orange
  20. 20.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) orange (c) red (d) green
  21. 21.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  22. 22.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) blue (c) orange (d) yellow
  23. 23.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two secondary colours (b) three neutral colours (c) black and white (d) two primary colours
  25. 25.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) green (d) orange
  27. 27.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  28. 28.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  29. 29.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  30. 30.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and blue (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) red and yellow
  31. 31.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  32. 32.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  35. 35.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and yellow (c) red and yellow (d) blue and red
  36. 36.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  37. 37.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the secondary colours (b) brown and grey (c) the primary colours (d) the tertiary colours
  38. 38.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  39. 39.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  40. 40.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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