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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 589 · 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) orange (b) purple (c) green
  2. 2.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) green
  3. 3.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  4. 4.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and blue (c) blue and red (d) yellow and red
  5. 5.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  6. 6.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) green (c) yellow (d) purple
  9. 9.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  10. 10.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  13. 13.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  15. 15.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  17. 17.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  18. 18.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  19. 19.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) three neutral colours (b) two secondary colours (c) two primary colours (d) black and white
  20. 20.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) orange (d) red
  21. 21.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue (c) green (d) yellow
  23. 23.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) blue and red
  24. 24.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) purple (d) red
  26. 26.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and yellow (c) blue and red (d) yellow and blue
  27. 27.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green (d) red
  28. 28.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  30. 30.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  34. 34.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) blue and red (c) red and blue (d) red and yellow
  35. 35.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) blue (c) green (d) purple
  36. 36.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  39. 39.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red

Answer key

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

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