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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 636 · 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 blue and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) yellow
  3. 3.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and blue (c) red and yellow (d) red and blue
  4. 4.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) yellow and red (d) red and blue
  6. 6.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the tertiary colours (b) the primary colours (c) the secondary colours (d) brown and grey
  7. 7.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  9. 9.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  10. 10.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  12. 12.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  14. 14.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  15. 15.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) green (c) purple (d) orange
  17. 17.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  18. 18.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  19. 19.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  20. 20.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  21. 21.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  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 purple? (a) yellow and red (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and red (d) blue and yellow
  25. 25.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) blue
  28. 28.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  29. 29.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  30. 30.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  33. 33.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) red (d) blue
  35. 35.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red (b) purple (c) green (d) orange
  39. 39.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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