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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 465 · 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.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) red (c) green (d) purple
  2. 2.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  3. 3.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and red (d) blue and yellow
  5. 5.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  6. 6.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  8. 8.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  9. 9.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  10. 10.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) green
  12. 12.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  13. 13.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) purple
  15. 15.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red
  16. 16.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  17. 17.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  18. 18.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  19. 19.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  22. 22.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  24. 24.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  25. 25.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  26. 26.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  27. 27.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) purple (c) blue (d) green
  28. 28.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red
  30. 30.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  31. 31.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  32. 32.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) blue (c) green (d) orange
  34. 34.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  36. 36.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  37. 37.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the primary colours (b) brown and grey (c) the tertiary colours (d) the secondary colours
  39. 39.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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