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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 622 · 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: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  3. 3.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and yellow (b) blue and red (c) yellow and red (d) red and yellow
  4. 4.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  7. 7.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) yellow (c) purple (d) orange
  10. 10.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  11. 11.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) red and blue (d) yellow and red
  12. 12.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) red (c) orange (d) purple
  14. 14.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) green
  16. 16.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) three neutral colours (b) two primary colours (c) black and white (d) two secondary colours
  19. 19.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  20. 20.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  21. 21.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) green
  22. 22.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  23. 23.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  24. 24.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and yellow (c) blue and red (d) yellow and red
  25. 25.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  26. 26.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and red (d) blue and yellow
  27. 27.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  28. 28.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  29. 29.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) red (d) purple
  30. 30.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  31. 31.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  34. 34.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) red (d) blue
  36. 36.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) orange
  37. 37.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) blue and yellow (c) red and blue (d) red and yellow
  40. 40.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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