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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 513 · 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: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the secondary colours (b) brown and grey (c) the primary colours (d) the tertiary colours
  3. 3.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  6. 6.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) yellow and blue (c) red and yellow (d) blue and red
  7. 7.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) purple (b) blue (c) red (d) yellow
  8. 8.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) orange (c) yellow (d) green
  11. 11.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) blue (c) green (d) orange
  12. 12.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red (d) purple
  15. 15.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  16. 16.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) purple (c) yellow (d) orange
  19. 19.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  21. 21.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) blue
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) red (d) blue
  25. 25.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  26. 26.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) orange
  27. 27.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  30. 30.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  32. 32.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  34. 34.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  35. 35.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  36. 36.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) red (c) blue (d) yellow
  38. 38.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  39. 39.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green

Answer key

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

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