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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 656 · 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.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  2. 2.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  3. 3.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) green (c) red (d) blue
  4. 4.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) purple
  7. 7.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  8. 8.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  9. 9.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the secondary colours (b) the primary colours (c) brown and grey (d) the tertiary colours
  10. 10.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) orange
  12. 12.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) blue and red (c) red and blue (d) red and yellow
  13. 13.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  14. 14.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) yellow and red (d) red and blue
  15. 15.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  16. 16.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and blue (b) yellow and red (c) blue and red (d) blue and yellow
  19. 19.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  20. 20.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) orange (b) red (c) blue (d) yellow
  21. 21.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) green (c) orange (d) purple
  25. 25.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  26. 26.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  27. 27.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) blue and yellow (d) red and blue
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) orange (c) green (d) purple
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) green (d) red
  30. 30.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) blue (d) red
  31. 31.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  33. 33.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  34. 34.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) orange (c) red (d) green
  36. 36.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  37. 37.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  38. 38.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow

Answer key

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

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