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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 613 · 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: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  3. 3.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and yellow (c) yellow and red (d) red and blue
  4. 4.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) green (b) red (c) yellow (d) blue
  5. 5.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  6. 6.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) orange (c) blue (d) yellow
  7. 7.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  8. 8.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  10. 10.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and red (b) red and blue (c) yellow and red (d) blue and yellow
  12. 12.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) blue and red (c) yellow and blue (d) red and yellow
  13. 13.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) red
  15. 15.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) blue and yellow (c) red and blue (d) red and yellow
  17. 17.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) red (c) yellow (d) blue
  19. 19.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  20. 20.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  21. 21.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  22. 22.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) green (d) purple
  25. 25.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) purple (c) yellow (d) orange
  29. 29.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  30. 30.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) purple (c) yellow (d) blue
  32. 32.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  33. 33.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  35. 35.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the secondary colours (b) the tertiary colours (c) the primary colours (d) brown and grey
  37. 37.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  38. 38.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  39. 39.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  40. 40.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour

Answer key

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

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