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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 504 · 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 yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  2. 2.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  3. 3.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  5. 5.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) orange (d) blue
  6. 6.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  7. 7.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  8. 8.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and yellow (c) yellow and red (d) red and blue
  10. 10.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  13. 13.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and red (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and blue
  14. 14.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  15. 15.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  16. 16.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  17. 17.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  18. 18.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  19. 19.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  22. 22.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) green
  24. 24.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  26. 26.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  27. 27.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and red (b) red and blue (c) yellow and red (d) yellow and blue
  28. 28.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and blue (b) blue and red (c) red and yellow (d) blue and yellow
  30. 30.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  31. 31.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  33. 33.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) purple (c) yellow (d) red
  35. 35.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  36. 36.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) green (c) blue (d) red
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) purple (c) blue (d) green
  39. 39.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  40. 40.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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