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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 571 · 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.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  2. 2.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and blue (c) red and yellow (d) blue and yellow
  3. 3.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  4. 4.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) red (c) orange (d) green
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) red (d) blue
  8. 8.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  10. 10.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) orange
  14. 14.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  16. 16.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  17. 17.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  18. 18.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  19. 19.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) red and blue (d) blue and yellow
  22. 22.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  23. 23.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  24. 24.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs red. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) yellow (c) orange (d) purple
  26. 26.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  28. 28.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  29. 29.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) blue
  30. 30.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  32. 32.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) green (c) orange (d) purple
  34. 34.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  35. 35.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) blue (d) red
  36. 36.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  37. 37.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs red. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) red and blue (d) yellow and blue
  39. 39.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  40. 40.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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