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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 411 · 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: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  3. 3.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red
  6. 6.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  7. 7.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  8. 8.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  9. 9.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  10. 10.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  13. 13.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) green
  14. 14.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) purple (c) yellow (d) green
  16. 16.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  17. 17.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) blue
  18. 18.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) purple
  22. 22.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  23. 23.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the primary colours (b) the secondary colours (c) brown and grey (d) the tertiary colours
  24. 24.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  26. 26.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  27. 27.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and yellow (c) blue and red (d) yellow and blue
  29. 29.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red (d) green
  32. 32.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  33. 33.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) red
  35. 35.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) orange (d) red
  38. 38.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  40. 40.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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