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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 647 · 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: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) purple (d) red
  3. 3.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  4. 4.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  5. 5.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  7. 7.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) orange (c) red (d) yellow
  8. 8.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  9. 9.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) orange (d) red
  11. 11.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) blue (d) purple
  12. 12.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) blue and red (c) blue and yellow (d) red and yellow
  13. 13.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  15. 15.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  16. 16.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) red and yellow (c) blue and yellow (d) blue and red
  17. 17.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  18. 18.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  20. 20.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) green (c) blue (d) yellow
  21. 21.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  23. 23.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and blue (c) red and yellow (d) red and blue
  24. 24.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  25. 25.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  27. 27.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  28. 28.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  31. 31.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  32. 32.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) red and blue (d) red and yellow
  33. 33.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and blue (b) blue and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) yellow and red
  34. 34.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) yellow (c) red (d) blue
  37. 37.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two primary colours (b) two secondary colours (c) black and white (d) three neutral colours
  39. 39.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red (b) purple (c) orange (d) green
  40. 40.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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