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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 505 · 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: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and yellow (c) blue and red (d) red and yellow
  3. 3.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  4. 4.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  5. 5.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow (c) green (d) blue
  7. 7.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  8. 8.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) red (c) green (d) orange
  10. 10.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  13. 13.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and blue (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) blue and red
  14. 14.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  15. 15.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) purple
  16. 16.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  17. 17.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  18. 18.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) yellow and blue (c) red and yellow (d) red and blue
  19. 19.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  20. 20.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and red (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and red (d) blue and yellow
  21. 21.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  22. 22.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two secondary colours (b) black and white (c) two primary colours (d) three neutral colours
  23. 23.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) red (c) green (d) orange
  25. 25.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  26. 26.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) blue (d) red
  27. 27.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  30. 30.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  31. 31.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  32. 32.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) blue (b) orange (c) purple (d) green
  34. 34.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  35. 35.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  39. 39.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs red. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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