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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 605 · 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: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  4. 4.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  5. 5.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  6. 6.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) orange (c) purple (d) green
  8. 8.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) yellow
  10. 10.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  11. 11.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) purple (d) red
  12. 12.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) brown and grey (b) the primary colours (c) the tertiary colours (d) the secondary colours
  13. 13.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  15. 15.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  16. 16.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) red and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) blue and red
  17. 17.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  19. 19.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  23. 23.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  25. 25.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  26. 26.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  28. 28.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow (b) green (c) orange (d) purple
  29. 29.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two secondary colours (b) two primary colours (c) three neutral colours (d) black and white
  31. 31.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  32. 32.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  33. 33.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  34. 34.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and red (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and blue
  35. 35.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  36. 36.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  40. 40.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) blue and red (c) yellow and blue (d) yellow and red

Answer key

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

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