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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 651 · 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 yellow. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) red
  5. 5.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  6. 6.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  7. 7.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  8. 8.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  10. 10.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  12. 12.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  15. 15.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  16. 16.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) yellow and red (c) blue and red (d) blue and yellow
  17. 17.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) red and blue (c) red and yellow (d) blue and yellow
  19. 19.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  20. 20.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  21. 21.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  22. 22.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and blue (c) red and blue (d) red and yellow
  23. 23.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  25. 25.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  26. 26.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  30. 30.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) purple
  32. 32.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  33. 33.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  35. 35.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) red
  37. 37.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue (c) orange (d) yellow
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) green
  40. 40.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) red and yellow (c) blue and yellow (d) red and blue

Answer key

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

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