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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 402 · 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: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) purple
  5. 5.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) green (d) red
  7. 7.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  9. 9.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  10. 10.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  11. 11.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  12. 12.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  13. 13.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs red. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) red and blue (d) blue and yellow
  17. 17.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) green (b) red (c) yellow (d) blue
  19. 19.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  20. 20.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) yellow
  21. 21.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  22. 22.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  23. 23.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) red and yellow (d) red and blue
  24. 24.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and blue (b) blue and red (c) yellow and red (d) red and yellow
  25. 25.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  27. 27.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  29. 29.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  30. 30.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) red (c) green (d) orange
  33. 33.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  35. 35.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  39. 39.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) yellow

Answer key

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

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