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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 65 · 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: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the secondary colours (b) the primary colours (c) the tertiary colours (d) brown and grey
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) blue (c) yellow (d) red
  7. 7.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  8. 8.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  9. 9.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) blue and yellow (c) yellow and red (d) red and blue
  11. 11.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) red
  14. 14.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  15. 15.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  16. 16.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) blue (c) orange (d) green
  18. 18.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  19. 19.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs red. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  23. 23.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) green (b) red (c) yellow (d) blue
  24. 24.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) red (c) orange (d) blue
  26. 26.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) red
  28. 28.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  29. 29.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) blue (c) purple (d) green
  31. 31.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) yellow and blue (c) yellow and red (d) red and yellow
  32. 32.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  33. 33.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  34. 34.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  35. 35.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  37. 37.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  40. 40.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs red. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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