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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 625 · 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 red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) purple (c) yellow (d) green
  3. 3.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) blue (c) red (d) yellow
  5. 5.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  6. 6.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  7. 7.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  8. 8.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) purple (c) blue (d) green
  10. 10.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  11. 11.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  12. 12.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  13. 13.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  14. 14.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and yellow (c) red and blue (d) blue and red
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) purple (c) orange (d) green
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) purple (c) green (d) orange
  17. 17.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and yellow (c) blue and red (d) blue and yellow
  19. 19.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  21. 21.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red (b) orange (c) purple (d) green
  22. 22.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  27. 27.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) orange (c) yellow (d) green
  29. 29.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  30. 30.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  31. 31.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  34. 34.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two secondary colours (b) black and white (c) three neutral colours (d) two primary colours
  35. 35.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  36. 36.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and red (c) red and blue (d) yellow and blue
  37. 37.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  38. 38.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  39. 39.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red (d) green

Answer key

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

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