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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 462 · 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.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  2. 2.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and blue (c) red and yellow (d) yellow and blue
  3. 3.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  6. 6.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  7. 7.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  8. 8.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  9. 9.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) yellow and red (d) red and blue
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) yellow
  11. 11.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  12. 12.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) blue (b) green (c) orange (d) purple
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) orange (d) red
  14. 14.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) purple (c) yellow (d) green
  15. 15.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  17. 17.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) yellow and red (c) blue and yellow (d) blue and red
  18. 18.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  20. 20.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  21. 21.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  22. 22.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  23. 23.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and blue (b) yellow and blue (c) yellow and red (d) red and yellow
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) green (c) red (d) purple
  25. 25.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) brown and grey (b) the primary colours (c) the secondary colours (d) the tertiary colours
  27. 27.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  28. 28.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  32. 32.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) two primary colours (c) three neutral colours (d) two secondary colours
  33. 33.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  34. 34.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) blue (d) red
  37. 37.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) blue (c) orange (d) yellow
  39. 39.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  40. 40.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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