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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 611 · 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.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two secondary colours (b) three neutral colours (c) black and white (d) two primary colours
  2. 2.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  4. 4.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  5. 5.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) purple (c) yellow (d) blue
  10. 10.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  11. 11.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  12. 12.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) red
  13. 13.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and blue (b) blue and red (c) yellow and blue (d) yellow and red
  14. 14.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) red (c) yellow (d) blue
  16. 16.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  17. 17.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  18. 18.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  19. 19.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the primary colours (b) the tertiary colours (c) brown and grey (d) the secondary colours
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) blue (d) red
  21. 21.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  23. 23.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) blue and red
  24. 24.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  27. 27.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  28. 28.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  29. 29.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) yellow (c) purple (d) orange
  31. 31.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) red
  33. 33.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  34. 34.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and blue (b) blue and red (c) red and yellow (d) blue and yellow
  35. 35.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  38. 38.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and red (d) blue and red

Answer key

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

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