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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 655 · 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.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  2. 2.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and yellow (c) blue and red (d) red and yellow
  3. 3.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) blue
  6. 6.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) red and yellow (d) blue and red
  7. 7.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the primary colours (b) brown and grey (c) the tertiary colours (d) the secondary colours
  10. 10.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  11. 11.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  12. 12.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) red (d) blue
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) orange (c) yellow (d) blue
  14. 14.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  15. 15.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) yellow (c) purple (d) orange
  16. 16.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  17. 17.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) purple
  20. 20.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  22. 22.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) purple
  24. 24.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) purple (c) red (d) orange
  25. 25.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  26. 26.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and red (c) red and yellow (d) yellow and blue
  28. 28.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  29. 29.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) blue (c) green (d) yellow
  31. 31.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  32. 32.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  33. 33.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  34. 34.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  36. 36.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  37. 37.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) yellow
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) green (d) red
  40. 40.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow

Answer key

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

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