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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 396 · 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: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) yellow and blue (c) red and blue (d) red and yellow
  3. 3.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  6. 6.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  7. 7.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  8. 8.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  9. 9.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  10. 10.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) purple
  12. 12.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  13. 13.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) blue (c) yellow (d) red
  15. 15.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) red and blue
  16. 16.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red
  18. 18.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  19. 19.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  20. 20.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and yellow (c) blue and red (d) red and blue
  21. 21.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) two secondary colours (c) two primary colours (d) three neutral colours
  22. 22.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  24. 24.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  28. 28.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and red (d) red and blue
  29. 29.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  30. 30.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  31. 31.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) yellow (c) orange (d) purple
  32. 32.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) green (c) red (d) purple
  36. 36.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  38. 38.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  39. 39.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  40. 40.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour

Answer key

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

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