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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 661 · 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 secondary colours are there?
  2. 2.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) yellow and red (c) blue and red (d) blue and yellow
  3. 3.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  6. 6.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and blue (b) yellow and red (c) blue and red (d) blue and yellow
  7. 7.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  8. 8.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  10. 10.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) green (b) blue (c) red (d) yellow
  11. 11.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and yellow (c) blue and yellow (d) blue and red
  12. 12.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  14. 14.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  15. 15.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  16. 16.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  17. 17.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  18. 18.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  19. 19.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  20. 20.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and blue (b) red and yellow (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and red
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) green (c) blue (d) yellow
  24. 24.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  25. 25.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
  26. 26.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  27. 27.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and blue (b) blue and yellow (c) yellow and red (d) blue and red
  28. 28.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) purple
  33. 33.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs red. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  38. 38.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) orange (d) blue

Answer key

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

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