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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 398 · 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: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) blue and yellow (c) red and yellow (d) red and blue
  5. 5.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) red (c) purple (d) green
  7. 7.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  8. 8.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  9. 9.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) yellow (d) purple
  10. 10.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  12. 12.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) red (d) blue
  14. 14.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  21. 21.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) three neutral colours (b) two secondary colours (c) two primary colours (d) black and white
  23. 23.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  25. 25.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) green (c) blue (d) purple
  28. 28.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  30. 30.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) green
  32. 32.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  33. 33.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) red (c) orange (d) purple
  35. 35.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  36. 36.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  37. 37.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) blue
  38. 38.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  39. 39.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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