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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 657 · 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 + ? = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  5. 5.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the primary colours (b) brown and grey (c) the secondary colours (d) the tertiary colours
  6. 6.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) green
  7. 7.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  8. 8.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  9. 9.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  11. 11.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  12. 12.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) yellow
  13. 13.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) blue
  14. 14.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) purple (c) red (d) yellow
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) green (d) red
  16. 16.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  17. 17.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  18. 18.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  19. 19.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) red and yellow (c) red and blue (d) yellow and blue
  23. 23.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  24. 24.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) red and blue
  26. 26.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  27. 27.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  29. 29.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) blue and red (c) blue and yellow (d) red and yellow
  32. 32.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  33. 33.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  34. 34.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) yellow
  36. 36.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  37. 37.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  38. 38.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) red
  40. 40.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour

Answer key

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

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