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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 497 · 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.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  2. 2.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) purple (c) blue (d) yellow
  4. 4.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  5. 5.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  6. 6.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  7. 7.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  8. 8.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) yellow
  10. 10.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  12. 12.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the primary colours (b) the tertiary colours (c) the secondary colours (d) brown and grey
  13. 13.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) red and yellow
  17. 17.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  18. 18.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  19. 19.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) red (c) purple (d) blue
  20. 20.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  21. 21.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) purple (c) green (d) orange
  24. 24.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs red. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) orange (c) red (d) yellow
  27. 27.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) red and blue (d) yellow and red
  28. 28.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  30. 30.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  32. 32.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  33. 33.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  34. 34.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) purple (c) blue (d) green
  36. 36.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) green
  38. 38.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?

Answer key

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

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