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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 527 · 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: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  3. 3.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  5. 5.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  6. 6.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) purple (b) blue (c) red (d) yellow
  7. 7.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) orange (b) red (c) blue (d) yellow
  9. 9.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  10. 10.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  11. 11.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  12. 12.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  13. 13.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  15. 15.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  16. 16.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) purple (d) red
  20. 20.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  21. 21.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) yellow and blue (c) red and yellow (d) yellow and red
  22. 22.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  24. 24.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) orange
  26. 26.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  29. 29.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) three neutral colours (b) two primary colours (c) black and white (d) two secondary colours
  30. 30.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) green (c) blue (d) orange
  32. 32.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red (b) purple (c) orange (d) green
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow (c) green (d) blue
  34. 34.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) red and blue
  35. 35.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow (b) green (c) orange (d) purple

Answer key

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

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