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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 427 · 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 ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  4. 4.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and red (b) red and blue (c) yellow and red (d) yellow and blue
  6. 6.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  7. 7.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  8. 8.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  9. 9.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  10. 10.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) red (c) blue (d) yellow
  12. 12.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) blue (b) green (c) purple (d) orange
  13. 13.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  14. 14.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) orange (d) green
  15. 15.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  17. 17.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  19. 19.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  20. 20.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and yellow (c) red and blue (d) red and yellow
  24. 24.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  25. 25.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  27. 27.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the tertiary colours (b) the secondary colours (c) the primary colours (d) brown and grey
  28. 28.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  29. 29.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and blue (b) blue and yellow (c) blue and red (d) yellow and red
  31. 31.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  34. 34.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and blue (b) blue and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) red and yellow
  35. 35.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and red (c) yellow and red (d) yellow and blue
  36. 36.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) orange (c) red (d) purple
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) green (c) orange (d) purple
  39. 39.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  40. 40.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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