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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 626 · 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 ? + blue = green needs red. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) red (c) orange (d) blue
  3. 3.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  5. 5.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  6. 6.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) red (c) green (d) orange
  8. 8.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) yellow and blue (d) blue and red
  11. 11.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  12. 12.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and blue (c) yellow and red (d) blue and red
  14. 14.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  17. 17.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) green (c) orange (d) purple
  19. 19.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) purple (d) red
  20. 20.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) yellow and red (d) blue and red
  21. 21.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  22. 22.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) yellow
  25. 25.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  29. 29.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  32. 32.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  35. 35.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and blue (b) yellow and blue (c) yellow and red (d) blue and yellow
  36. 36.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) green
  38. 38.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  40. 40.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour

Answer key

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

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