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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 473 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) green (b) blue (c) yellow (d) red
  2. 2.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the tertiary colours (b) the primary colours (c) brown and grey (d) the secondary colours
  3. 3.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  4. 4.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  8. 8.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and red (c) blue and yellow (d) red and blue
  9. 9.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) red (c) green (d) orange
  11. 11.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  13. 13.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) yellow (c) purple (d) orange
  15. 15.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  17. 17.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) purple
  18. 18.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  20. 20.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  21. 21.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  22. 22.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  23. 23.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  24. 24.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  25. 25.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  27. 27.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  30. 30.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) orange (b) red (c) yellow (d) blue
  32. 32.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs red. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  35. 35.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  36. 36.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  37. 37.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  38. 38.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  39. 39.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) yellow
  40. 40.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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