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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 576 · 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: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) blue (c) green (d) purple
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red (d) green
  4. 4.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and yellow (c) red and blue (d) yellow and red
  5. 5.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) yellow
  8. 8.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  9. 9.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  10. 10.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  12. 12.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  14. 14.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  15. 15.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  17. 17.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and blue (b) yellow and red (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and blue
  18. 18.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) red (c) orange (d) blue
  20. 20.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) blue (b) orange (c) green (d) purple
  25. 25.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  28. 28.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  29. 29.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  30. 30.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) orange (d) red
  34. 34.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two primary colours (b) three neutral colours (c) black and white (d) two secondary colours
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) green (c) purple (d) orange
  36. 36.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) yellow (d) purple
  37. 37.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) red and blue (d) blue and red
  38. 38.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) blue and red (c) yellow and red (d) yellow and blue
  39. 39.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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