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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 432 · 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 red and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) purple
  3. 3.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  4. 4.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  5. 5.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) red and blue (c) yellow and red (d) yellow and blue
  6. 6.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  7. 7.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) yellow and red (c) red and yellow (d) yellow and blue
  8. 8.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  9. 9.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) blue and red (d) yellow and blue
  11. 11.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  12. 12.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) green
  13. 13.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) purple (d) green
  15. 15.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) yellow (d) orange
  16. 16.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  17. 17.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and red (b) red and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and red
  18. 18.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the tertiary colours (b) brown and grey (c) the secondary colours (d) the primary colours
  20. 20.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  21. 21.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  22. 22.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  23. 23.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  25. 25.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green (d) red
  26. 26.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  27. 27.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  28. 28.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) blue (d) red
  31. 31.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) purple (c) red (d) orange
  33. 33.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  35. 35.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) three neutral colours (b) black and white (c) two secondary colours (d) two primary colours
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) blue (c) orange (d) purple
  38. 38.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  40. 40.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour

Answer key

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

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