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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 412 · 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.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  2. 2.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  4. 4.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two primary colours (b) two secondary colours (c) three neutral colours (d) black and white
  6. 6.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) purple
  8. 8.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  9. 9.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) red and yellow (d) red and blue
  10. 10.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) purple (b) red (c) blue (d) yellow
  12. 12.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  13. 13.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  14. 14.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) yellow
  15. 15.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  16. 16.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the tertiary colours (b) the primary colours (c) brown and grey (d) the secondary colours
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) green (c) yellow (d) blue
  18. 18.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) red and yellow (c) blue and yellow (d) blue and red
  19. 19.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  20. 20.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  21. 21.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) blue and red (c) blue and yellow (d) red and yellow
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green (d) red
  23. 23.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) green (c) yellow (d) red
  25. 25.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  27. 27.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) red (d) purple
  28. 28.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  29. 29.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  30. 30.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) yellow and red (d) red and blue
  32. 32.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) blue (b) orange (c) purple (d) green
  35. 35.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  36. 36.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  37. 37.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  39. 39.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  40. 40.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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