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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 394 · 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: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  4. 4.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the secondary colours (b) brown and grey (c) the tertiary colours (d) the primary colours
  5. 5.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  6. 6.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) yellow (d) purple
  7. 7.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  9. 9.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  10. 10.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  13. 13.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  14. 14.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) orange
  16. 16.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  18. 18.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) orange
  19. 19.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  21. 21.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red (b) purple (c) orange (d) green
  23. 23.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) purple
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) orange (c) red (d) purple
  26. 26.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  28. 28.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) red and yellow (c) red and blue (d) yellow and blue
  30. 30.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  31. 31.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) purple (d) green
  33. 33.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) red and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and red
  34. 34.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  35. 35.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  36. 36.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) red and yellow (d) red and blue
  37. 37.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) red and blue (c) red and yellow (d) blue and yellow
  38. 38.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and red (b) red and yellow (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and blue
  39. 39.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  40. 40.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow

Answer key

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

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