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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 652 · 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 primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) green (c) blue (d) purple
  3. 3.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and red (b) red and blue (c) red and yellow (d) blue and yellow
  4. 4.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and yellow (c) red and blue (d) blue and yellow
  6. 6.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  7. 7.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  8. 8.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  9. 9.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) brown and grey (b) the primary colours (c) the secondary colours (d) the tertiary colours
  11. 11.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) purple (c) blue (d) green
  12. 12.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  14. 14.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  15. 15.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) purple (c) red (d) yellow
  16. 16.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) blue (c) yellow (d) red
  18. 18.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  19. 19.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) three neutral colours (b) black and white (c) two primary colours (d) two secondary colours
  20. 20.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) orange (d) blue
  21. 21.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) blue and red (c) yellow and red (d) yellow and blue
  23. 23.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) green
  24. 24.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  26. 26.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) yellow
  29. 29.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) red and yellow (c) blue and red (d) yellow and blue
  30. 30.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and red (c) yellow and blue (d) blue and yellow
  33. 33.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  34. 34.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) green
  36. 36.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  37. 37.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  38. 38.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  39. 39.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  40. 40.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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