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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 557 · 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.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  2. 2.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  3. 3.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) red (c) yellow (d) blue
  5. 5.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) yellow and red (c) blue and yellow (d) red and blue
  6. 6.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  7. 7.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) orange
  8. 8.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  9. 9.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) red
  11. 11.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  14. 14.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) green (c) yellow (d) purple
  16. 16.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) purple (c) yellow (d) blue
  17. 17.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  20. 20.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the secondary colours (b) the tertiary colours (c) the primary colours (d) brown and grey
  21. 21.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  22. 22.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  24. 24.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  28. 28.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  29. 29.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  32. 32.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  33. 33.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  35. 35.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  37. 37.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) orange (c) red (d) green

Answer key

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

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