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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 658 · 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.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  3. 3.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) red and yellow (c) red and blue (d) blue and yellow
  7. 7.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  8. 8.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  10. 10.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and blue (b) yellow and red (c) blue and red (d) blue and yellow
  11. 11.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) orange (d) yellow
  13. 13.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs red. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and yellow (c) blue and red (d) blue and yellow
  16. 16.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  17. 17.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  19. 19.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) blue
  20. 20.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  21. 21.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  27. 27.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  31. 31.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) green (c) purple (d) orange
  33. 33.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow (b) green (c) purple (d) orange
  34. 34.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and blue (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and red (d) yellow and red
  35. 35.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) yellow (c) red (d) blue
  37. 37.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  38. 38.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) red and blue (c) yellow and blue (d) blue and red
  40. 40.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red (d) purple

Answer key

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

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