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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 552 · 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 primary colour? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) yellow
  2. 2.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  3. 3.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  4. 4.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  5. 5.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and red (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and red (d) blue and yellow
  6. 6.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) purple (c) blue (d) orange
  8. 8.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  9. 9.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and red (d) red and yellow
  10. 10.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) orange (c) red (d) purple
  12. 12.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red (d) purple
  13. 13.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  14. 14.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) blue and yellow (c) blue and red (d) red and yellow
  15. 15.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and blue (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and red (d) yellow and blue
  16. 16.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  18. 18.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  19. 19.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  20. 20.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  22. 22.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the primary colours (b) brown and grey (c) the secondary colours (d) the tertiary colours
  23. 23.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) yellow (c) purple (d) orange
  25. 25.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  26. 26.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) red
  28. 28.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  30. 30.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  31. 31.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  32. 32.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  33. 33.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  40. 40.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue

Answer key

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

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