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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 508 · 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 of these is a primary colour? (a) red (b) green (c) purple (d) orange
  3. 3.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) red (d) blue
  4. 4.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) purple (c) red (d) orange
  6. 6.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  7. 7.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  8. 8.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  9. 9.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) blue (c) purple (d) orange
  10. 10.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  11. 11.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  12. 12.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) red and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and blue
  13. 13.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the tertiary colours (b) brown and grey (c) the secondary colours (d) the primary colours
  14. 14.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) three neutral colours (b) black and white (c) two primary colours (d) two secondary colours
  15. 15.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  16. 16.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  17. 17.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  18. 18.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  20. 20.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) red and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) blue and red
  21. 21.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and red (d) yellow and blue
  22. 22.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) blue and red (d) blue and yellow
  23. 23.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  25. 25.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  26. 26.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  28. 28.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) orange
  30. 30.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  31. 31.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  33. 33.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) blue and yellow (c) red and blue (d) yellow and red
  35. 35.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  37. 37.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) orange (b) red (c) blue (d) yellow
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) orange (c) blue (d) green
  39. 39.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  40. 40.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) green (d) red

Answer key

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

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