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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 512 · 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 green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  2. 2.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  3. 3.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) red and yellow (c) blue and yellow (d) red and blue
  4. 4.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  5. 5.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and yellow (c) yellow and red (d) red and blue
  6. 6.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  7. 7.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two primary colours (b) two secondary colours (c) three neutral colours (d) black and white
  11. 11.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) yellow and red (d) red and blue
  12. 12.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) purple
  15. 15.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  16. 16.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  17. 17.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) blue and yellow (c) blue and red (d) red and yellow
  20. 20.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) red and blue (c) yellow and red (d) blue and yellow
  21. 21.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  25. 25.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  27. 27.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  29. 29.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  30. 30.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  31. 31.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) red
  33. 33.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  35. 35.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  36. 36.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) yellow
  39. 39.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  40. 40.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) brown and grey (b) the primary colours (c) the secondary colours (d) the tertiary colours

Answer key

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

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