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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 546 · 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 red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  2. 2.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  4. 4.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) blue (b) green (c) purple (d) orange
  5. 5.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  7. 7.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  8. 8.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  9. 9.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  11. 11.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) red and blue (d) red and yellow
  12. 12.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) red (c) orange (d) yellow
  14. 14.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) green (d) blue
  15. 15.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  17. 17.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  18. 18.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) purple (b) red (c) blue (d) yellow
  19. 19.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) green
  21. 21.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  22. 22.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and red (b) blue and yellow (c) red and blue (d) red and yellow
  25. 25.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  26. 26.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) red and blue (c) yellow and blue (d) red and yellow
  28. 28.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) red (c) orange (d) green
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) blue
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green (d) yellow
  31. 31.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  32. 32.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  35. 35.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  36. 36.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  37. 37.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) yellow and blue (c) yellow and red (d) red and yellow
  39. 39.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) red (c) purple (d) green

Answer key

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

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