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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 563 · 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 yellow + ? = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  3. 3.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue (c) orange (d) yellow
  5. 5.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) brown and grey (b) the secondary colours (c) the tertiary colours (d) the primary colours
  6. 6.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  7. 7.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) red (c) orange (d) green
  9. 9.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) red (d) blue
  10. 10.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  11. 11.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  12. 12.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) purple (c) blue (d) orange
  14. 14.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  15. 15.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  16. 16.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) blue and yellow (c) red and yellow (d) yellow and red
  17. 17.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and yellow (c) red and yellow (d) blue and red
  19. 19.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and blue (b) blue and red (c) blue and yellow (d) red and yellow
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow (c) purple (d) blue
  21. 21.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) orange (c) red (d) yellow
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) orange (d) green
  24. 24.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  27. 27.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and blue (b) blue and red (c) yellow and red (d) red and yellow
  30. 30.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  32. 32.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  34. 34.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) blue
  35. 35.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  36. 36.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  38. 38.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green

Answer key

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

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