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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 566 · 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) True (b) False
  2. 2.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  3. 3.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  4. 4.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  5. 5.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) red (c) yellow (d) blue
  7. 7.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  9. 9.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) yellow (c) purple (d) orange
  10. 10.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) purple (c) red (d) yellow
  14. 14.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red (d) orange
  16. 16.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  17. 17.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  19. 19.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  20. 20.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and red (c) red and yellow (d) blue and yellow
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) orange (d) yellow
  22. 22.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  24. 24.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and red (b) yellow and blue (c) red and blue (d) blue and yellow
  26. 26.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) red and blue (d) blue and yellow
  27. 27.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  30. 30.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and blue (b) yellow and red (c) red and yellow (d) blue and red
  31. 31.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  32. 32.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the primary colours (b) the tertiary colours (c) the secondary colours (d) brown and grey
  33. 33.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  35. 35.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two primary colours (b) three neutral colours (c) black and white (d) two secondary colours
  36. 36.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) blue and yellow (c) red and blue (d) red and yellow
  37. 37.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue (c) purple (d) yellow

Answer key

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

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