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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 464 · 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 red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  2. 2.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  3. 3.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  5. 5.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and red (c) red and blue (d) yellow and blue
  6. 6.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red (d) orange
  7. 7.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  10. 10.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  12. 12.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) blue (c) green (d) yellow
  13. 13.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) red (c) orange (d) green
  14. 14.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  15. 15.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) blue
  16. 16.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) blue and red
  18. 18.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  19. 19.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
  20. 20.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow (c) purple (d) blue
  22. 22.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  24. 24.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  28. 28.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) yellow (d) orange
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) orange
  30. 30.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  32. 32.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  34. 34.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  36. 36.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  37. 37.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) purple (b) blue (c) red (d) yellow
  39. 39.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  40. 40.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs red. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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