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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 520 · 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.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) purple (c) yellow (d) orange
  2. 2.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  3. 3.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  5. 5.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) orange (c) yellow (d) green
  7. 7.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  9. 9.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  10. 10.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  11. 11.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  12. 12.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  13. 13.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) green (c) red (d) blue
  14. 14.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  15. 15.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  16. 16.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  17. 17.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  18. 18.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the tertiary colours (b) brown and grey (c) the primary colours (d) the secondary colours
  22. 22.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) blue (c) purple (d) orange
  24. 24.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  27. 27.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) red and yellow (c) blue and yellow (d) red and blue
  29. 29.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  30. 30.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and blue (c) yellow and red (d) red and blue
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green (d) red
  32. 32.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) purple
  34. 34.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) orange (c) yellow (d) red
  36. 36.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  40. 40.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) purple

Answer key

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

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