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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 430 · 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: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  3. 3.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) purple (c) red (d) yellow
  5. 5.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  8. 8.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green (d) red
  13. 13.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) purple (c) blue (d) yellow
  15. 15.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  17. 17.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  19. 19.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  20. 20.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  22. 22.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  23. 23.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the secondary colours (b) the tertiary colours (c) the primary colours (d) brown and grey
  24. 24.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  25. 25.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) purple (c) blue (d) green
  30. 30.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  31. 31.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  32. 32.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) red (c) green (d) yellow
  36. 36.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  37. 37.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  38. 38.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  39. 39.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) red and blue (c) yellow and blue (d) yellow and red
  40. 40.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) red

Answer key

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

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