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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 456 · 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.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  2. 2.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  4. 4.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  5. 5.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  6. 6.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and blue (b) yellow and red (c) red and blue (d) blue and yellow
  8. 8.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) orange
  11. 11.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the secondary colours (b) the primary colours (c) brown and grey (d) the tertiary colours
  12. 12.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red
  13. 13.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) purple (c) blue (d) green
  14. 14.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  15. 15.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) red (c) purple (d) green
  17. 17.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) red and blue (d) red and yellow
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) blue
  19. 19.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) blue and yellow (c) yellow and red (d) red and yellow
  20. 20.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  22. 22.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  23. 23.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) green (d) purple
  24. 24.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  27. 27.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  29. 29.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) red and blue (d) yellow and blue
  31. 31.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  33. 33.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  34. 34.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) purple (c) yellow (d) blue
  36. 36.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  37. 37.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) red
  39. 39.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and red (c) yellow and blue (d) yellow and red
  40. 40.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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