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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 582 · 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.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  2. 2.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  3. 3.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  5. 5.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) red and blue (c) red and yellow (d) blue and yellow
  6. 6.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) red (c) green (d) orange
  7. 7.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and red (c) yellow and blue (d) blue and yellow
  8. 8.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) orange (c) green (d) purple
  11. 11.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) red and blue
  13. 13.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  14. 14.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  17. 17.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) red and blue
  18. 18.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  19. 19.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  23. 23.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  24. 24.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  25. 25.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  26. 26.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  27. 27.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  28. 28.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  29. 29.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  30. 30.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) blue (b) green (c) orange (d) purple
  32. 32.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the tertiary colours (b) the primary colours (c) brown and grey (d) the secondary colours
  35. 35.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  37. 37.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  39. 39.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs red. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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