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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 586 · 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 red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  2. 2.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  6. 6.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and red (b) red and yellow (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and blue
  7. 7.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) green
  9. 9.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) red (c) yellow (d) blue
  11. 11.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) yellow
  13. 13.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  14. 14.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and red (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) red and blue
  15. 15.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red (d) purple
  17. 17.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  19. 19.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) yellow and red (c) yellow and blue (d) red and yellow
  20. 20.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  21. 21.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) blue (c) orange (d) green
  23. 23.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) red
  24. 24.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  25. 25.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  26. 26.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  27. 27.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the secondary colours (b) brown and grey (c) the primary colours (d) the tertiary colours
  28. 28.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  30. 30.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) orange (c) yellow (d) blue
  33. 33.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  34. 34.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) orange (c) yellow (d) purple
  36. 36.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  37. 37.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) purple (d) blue
  38. 38.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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