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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 532 · 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.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  2. 2.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  3. 3.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  4. 4.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green (d) blue
  7. 7.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) purple (b) red (c) blue (d) yellow
  10. 10.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  11. 11.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and yellow (c) yellow and red (d) red and blue
  12. 12.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  13. 13.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) red and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and red
  14. 14.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  15. 15.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) green (d) blue
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red
  17. 17.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  18. 18.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  19. 19.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and red (c) red and blue (d) yellow and blue
  23. 23.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) red (c) purple (d) orange
  26. 26.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  29. 29.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) yellow and blue (c) red and yellow (d) red and blue
  31. 31.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  35. 35.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  36. 36.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  38. 38.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  40. 40.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange

Answer key

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

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