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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 413 · 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 yellow + ? = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  3. 3.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  4. 4.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) three neutral colours (b) black and white (c) two primary colours (d) two secondary colours
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) orange (c) green (d) purple
  6. 6.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and red
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) purple (c) yellow (d) red
  8. 8.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) yellow
  9. 9.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  11. 11.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  12. 12.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  14. 14.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) green
  15. 15.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  16. 16.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the tertiary colours (b) brown and grey (c) the primary colours (d) the secondary colours
  18. 18.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) blue (c) yellow (d) red
  20. 20.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and blue (c) red and yellow (d) yellow and red
  24. 24.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  25. 25.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  27. 27.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  28. 28.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  30. 30.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  31. 31.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  32. 32.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  33. 33.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) purple (b) blue (c) red (d) yellow
  34. 34.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) purple (c) red (d) green
  35. 35.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  36. 36.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  37. 37.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and red (c) red and blue (d) blue and yellow
  39. 39.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  40. 40.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange

Answer key

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

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