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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 660 · 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.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) orange (c) blue (d) green
  2. 2.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and yellow (c) yellow and red (d) red and blue
  3. 3.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  4. 4.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  5. 5.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) three neutral colours (b) black and white (c) two primary colours (d) two secondary colours
  6. 6.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  7. 7.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  10. 10.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) red (c) green (d) purple
  12. 12.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) orange (c) yellow (d) red
  13. 13.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  15. 15.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  17. 17.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and yellow (c) red and blue (d) blue and red
  18. 18.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  19. 19.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  20. 20.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  21. 21.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  22. 22.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  23. 23.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) blue (c) red (d) yellow
  26. 26.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  27. 27.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  29. 29.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  31. 31.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  32. 32.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) purple (d) blue
  33. 33.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  34. 34.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and red (c) red and yellow (d) yellow and blue
  37. 37.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  38. 38.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red

Answer key

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

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