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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 428 · 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.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and yellow (b) red and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and red
  2. 2.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  3. 3.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  4. 4.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow (c) purple (d) blue
  8. 8.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  9. 9.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  11. 11.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  12. 12.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  13. 13.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red (b) purple (c) orange (d) green
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) purple (c) red (d) orange
  16. 16.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  18. 18.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and blue (b) blue and red (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and red
  19. 19.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  20. 20.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  22. 22.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow (b) green (c) purple (d) orange
  23. 23.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  24. 24.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  25. 25.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  26. 26.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  27. 27.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) blue
  30. 30.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the tertiary colours (b) the secondary colours (c) brown and grey (d) the primary colours
  32. 32.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two primary colours (b) two secondary colours (c) black and white (d) three neutral colours
  33. 33.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  34. 34.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) blue and red (d) blue and yellow
  35. 35.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and red (b) yellow and blue (c) red and blue (d) blue and red
  36. 36.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  37. 37.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) blue (b) green (c) purple (d) orange
  38. 38.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  39. 39.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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