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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 542 · 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.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  2. 2.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red
  4. 4.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  5. 5.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  6. 6.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  7. 7.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the secondary colours (b) the primary colours (c) the tertiary colours (d) brown and grey
  9. 9.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and red (c) blue and yellow (d) red and yellow
  10. 10.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  12. 12.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  13. 13.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  14. 14.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  15. 15.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  16. 16.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  18. 18.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) red (c) orange (d) green
  20. 20.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) yellow (d) purple
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) orange (c) purple (d) green
  23. 23.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) yellow and blue (d) red and blue
  26. 26.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) red and blue (d) blue and yellow
  27. 27.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) green
  29. 29.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and yellow (c) yellow and red (d) red and blue
  31. 31.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  32. 32.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) blue (c) green (d) orange
  33. 33.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  35. 35.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and yellow (c) red and blue (d) yellow and blue
  36. 36.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and blue (c) yellow and red (d) red and yellow
  37. 37.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  38. 38.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  39. 39.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) orange (d) red

Answer key

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

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