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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 526 · 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 primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  2. 2.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) red (c) green (d) blue
  3. 3.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red (d) orange
  5. 5.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  6. 6.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  9. 9.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  10. 10.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  11. 11.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  12. 12.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and yellow (c) blue and red (d) red and blue
  15. 15.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) purple (c) yellow (d) green
  17. 17.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) green (c) orange (d) purple
  20. 20.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) red and blue (d) blue and yellow
  22. 22.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  23. 23.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  24. 24.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) red (c) orange (d) purple
  25. 25.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  26. 26.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  27. 27.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and red (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and blue
  28. 28.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) purple (c) yellow (d) green
  30. 30.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  31. 31.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  33. 33.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  34. 34.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) brown and grey (b) the secondary colours (c) the tertiary colours (d) the primary colours
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) orange (c) purple (d) green
  37. 37.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  38. 38.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and blue (b) blue and yellow (c) yellow and red (d) red and yellow

Answer key

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

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