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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 519 · 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: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  3. 3.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  6. 6.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  7. 7.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  9. 9.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  10. 10.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) green (b) blue (c) red (d) yellow
  12. 12.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  13. 13.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and red (c) blue and yellow (d) red and yellow
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) purple (c) blue (d) green
  15. 15.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  17. 17.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs red. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  19. 19.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) orange (c) yellow (d) red
  21. 21.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  22. 22.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  23. 23.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and blue (b) yellow and red (c) yellow and blue (d) blue and yellow
  24. 24.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  25. 25.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) three neutral colours (b) two secondary colours (c) two primary colours (d) black and white
  27. 27.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  31. 31.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) yellow (c) orange (d) purple
  33. 33.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and blue (b) blue and red (c) red and yellow (d) yellow and blue
  34. 34.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  36. 36.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  37. 37.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  40. 40.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red (b) green (c) purple (d) orange

Answer key

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

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