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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 577 · 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.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  2. 2.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  3. 3.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  5. 5.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) blue (c) green (d) orange
  7. 7.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  10. 10.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  12. 12.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  13. 13.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs red. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  19. 19.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) yellow and red (d) red and blue
  22. 22.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) red (c) blue (d) yellow
  24. 24.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  25. 25.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  26. 26.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) blue and red (c) yellow and blue (d) red and yellow
  27. 27.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) purple (d) red
  29. 29.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) blue and red
  32. 32.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) three neutral colours (b) two primary colours (c) two secondary colours (d) black and white
  35. 35.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs red. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue (c) green (d) yellow
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) purple (d) green
  38. 38.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and red (c) yellow and blue (d) yellow and red
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) orange (c) purple (d) green
  40. 40.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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