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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 646 · 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: orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow (c) orange (d) blue
  4. 4.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and blue (b) blue and red (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and red
  5. 5.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  6. 6.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  10. 10.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and blue (b) yellow and red (c) yellow and blue (d) blue and yellow
  11. 11.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) purple (b) blue (c) yellow (d) red
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) red (d) blue
  13. 13.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  15. 15.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  16. 16.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) red and yellow (c) red and blue (d) yellow and blue
  19. 19.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  20. 20.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) orange (c) purple (d) green
  22. 22.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  23. 23.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  24. 24.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) red and yellow (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and blue
  25. 25.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  26. 26.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  29. 29.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  30. 30.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) blue and red (c) red and yellow (d) blue and yellow
  34. 34.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  35. 35.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) purple (c) blue (d) green
  36. 36.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  37. 37.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  38. 38.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  39. 39.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow

Answer key

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

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