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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 499 · 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) green (b) orange (c) blue (d) purple
  2. 2.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) red (c) purple (d) orange
  3. 3.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  6. 6.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red
  8. 8.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  9. 9.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  10. 10.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  11. 11.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  14. 14.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  15. 15.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  16. 16.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  17. 17.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) blue (c) yellow (d) red
  19. 19.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  20. 20.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) green (c) orange (d) purple
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) red
  24. 24.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  25. 25.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  27. 27.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two secondary colours (b) two primary colours (c) three neutral colours (d) black and white
  29. 29.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) red and blue (c) yellow and red (d) yellow and blue
  31. 31.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  32. 32.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the secondary colours (b) the tertiary colours (c) brown and grey (d) the primary colours
  34. 34.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  35. 35.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) red and yellow (c) red and blue (d) yellow and blue
  37. 37.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  38. 38.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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