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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 539 · 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: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  3. 3.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  4. 4.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two primary colours (b) two secondary colours (c) black and white (d) three neutral colours
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) purple (d) red
  6. 6.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  7. 7.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  8. 8.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the primary colours (b) the secondary colours (c) brown and grey (d) the tertiary colours
  9. 9.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  10. 10.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and blue (b) blue and red (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and red
  11. 11.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  12. 12.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) orange (d) red
  14. 14.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) blue and red (d) red and blue
  15. 15.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  16. 16.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  17. 17.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  19. 19.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  23. 23.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  24. 24.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  27. 27.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  28. 28.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  30. 30.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red (d) purple
  33. 33.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  34. 34.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  35. 35.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  36. 36.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  38. 38.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) red (c) green (d) blue
  39. 39.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  40. 40.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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