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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 562 · 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: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) red (c) orange (d) green
  4. 4.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) purple (c) blue (d) yellow
  5. 5.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) green (c) yellow (d) blue
  7. 7.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  8. 8.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) green
  9. 9.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  10. 10.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and blue (c) red and yellow (d) blue and red
  11. 11.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and red (d) blue and red
  12. 12.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) yellow
  14. 14.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  15. 15.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  16. 16.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) blue
  17. 17.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  19. 19.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  23. 23.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  24. 24.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  27. 27.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and red (d) red and yellow
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) purple
  32. 32.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  33. 33.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs red. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) orange (c) yellow (d) purple
  35. 35.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  36. 36.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  37. 37.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  38. 38.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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