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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 547 · 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 + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  6. 6.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) red and blue (c) yellow and blue (d) yellow and red
  8. 8.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two primary colours (b) three neutral colours (c) two secondary colours (d) black and white
  10. 10.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  11. 11.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  13. 13.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  14. 14.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) yellow
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) yellow
  16. 16.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow (c) green (d) blue
  18. 18.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and red (c) red and yellow (d) blue and yellow
  19. 19.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) red
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) blue (c) green (d) orange
  21. 21.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  22. 22.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) blue (d) purple
  23. 23.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) red and blue
  24. 24.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  25. 25.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  26. 26.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  29. 29.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  31. 31.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs red. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  34. 34.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  37. 37.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  39. 39.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  40. 40.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red

Answer key

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

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