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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 543 · 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 of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) red (c) purple (d) yellow
  2. 2.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  3. 3.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and blue (c) yellow and red (d) red and yellow
  6. 6.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  7. 7.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two primary colours (b) three neutral colours (c) black and white (d) two secondary colours
  8. 8.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) yellow
  11. 11.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  12. 12.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  13. 13.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  15. 15.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) yellow
  16. 16.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) blue and red
  17. 17.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  21. 21.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) blue
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) green
  24. 24.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  25. 25.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) orange
  26. 26.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  27. 27.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  28. 28.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  29. 29.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  30. 30.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) red and yellow (c) red and blue (d) blue and yellow
  32. 32.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  35. 35.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) blue and red (c) yellow and red (d) red and blue
  36. 36.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  38. 38.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the primary colours (b) the tertiary colours (c) the secondary colours (d) brown and grey
  39. 39.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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