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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 572 · 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 are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) orange (d) red
  3. 3.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  4. 4.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  6. 6.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) purple (c) red (d) yellow
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) green (c) blue (d) purple
  9. 9.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) three neutral colours (b) black and white (c) two primary colours (d) two secondary colours
  12. 12.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  13. 13.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  14. 14.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  17. 17.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) purple
  19. 19.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  20. 20.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  22. 22.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  24. 24.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) red
  26. 26.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) blue (d) purple
  28. 28.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) blue and yellow (d) red and blue
  29. 29.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  30. 30.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  31. 31.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) green
  32. 32.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) blue and red (d) yellow and blue
  33. 33.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  34. 34.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and yellow (c) red and blue (d) yellow and blue
  35. 35.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  36. 36.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  37. 37.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the tertiary colours (b) the secondary colours (c) brown and grey (d) the primary colours
  38. 38.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) orange (c) yellow (d) green
  39. 39.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour

Answer key

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

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