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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 44 · 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 orange. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  3. 3.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  4. 4.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  7. 7.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) blue (c) green (d) orange
  14. 14.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  16. 16.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  20. 20.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and yellow (b) red and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and blue
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) orange (c) yellow (d) red
  22. 22.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) green (c) red (d) yellow
  23. 23.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  24. 24.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  25. 25.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) blue (c) purple (d) yellow
  26. 26.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) red (c) purple (d) orange
  28. 28.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  30. 30.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  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) green (b) purple (c) orange
  33. 33.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) blue and yellow (c) yellow and red (d) red and blue
  35. 35.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and blue (c) yellow and red (d) red and blue
  36. 36.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  38. 38.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  39. 39.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?

Answer key

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

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