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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 496 · 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.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  4. 4.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  5. 5.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) red and blue (c) blue and red (d) yellow and blue
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) orange
  7. 7.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) orange
  8. 8.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  9. 9.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  10. 10.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  11. 11.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) purple
  13. 13.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  14. 14.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) blue and yellow (d) red and blue
  15. 15.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  16. 16.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  17. 17.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red (b) orange (c) green (d) purple
  18. 18.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) orange (d) green
  20. 20.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  21. 21.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) blue (c) green (d) orange
  22. 22.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  24. 24.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) green (c) orange (d) purple
  26. 26.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  28. 28.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) green
  29. 29.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  30. 30.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  31. 31.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  32. 32.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) yellow
  34. 34.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  35. 35.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) blue (c) purple (d) green
  39. 39.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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