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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 628 · 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 = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) blue (c) red (d) yellow
  3. 3.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  4. 4.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  5. 5.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  6. 6.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) red (d) blue
  7. 7.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  10. 10.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and red (c) yellow and blue (d) red and blue
  13. 13.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  14. 14.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  16. 16.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  17. 17.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  18. 18.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  19. 19.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  20. 20.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) purple (c) yellow (d) orange
  21. 21.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  22. 22.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) brown and grey (b) the primary colours (c) the tertiary colours (d) the secondary colours
  23. 23.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  24. 24.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) red (c) orange (d) purple
  26. 26.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  27. 27.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  33. 33.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  35. 35.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  37. 37.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and red (b) blue and yellow (c) yellow and red (d) red and blue
  38. 38.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) purple (d) blue

Answer key

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

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