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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 665 · 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 orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  2. 2.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  4. 4.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and red (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and red (d) blue and yellow
  6. 6.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) blue (c) purple (d) green
  7. 7.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) red (c) green (d) orange
  9. 9.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow (c) purple (d) blue
  11. 11.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  12. 12.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  13. 13.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) orange (d) green
  14. 14.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  15. 15.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and yellow (c) blue and red (d) red and blue
  16. 16.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) red and blue (d) red and yellow
  17. 17.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) orange (b) blue (c) yellow (d) red
  18. 18.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  19. 19.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  20. 20.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) red (c) green (d) yellow
  24. 24.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two secondary colours (b) three neutral colours (c) black and white (d) two primary colours
  26. 26.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) green (c) purple (d) orange
  29. 29.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and blue (b) yellow and red (c) blue and yellow (d) blue and red
  30. 30.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) red (c) purple (d) blue
  31. 31.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  32. 32.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  33. 33.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) red (c) blue (d) yellow
  35. 35.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  36. 36.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the tertiary colours (b) the primary colours (c) brown and grey (d) the secondary colours
  37. 37.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  39. 39.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  40. 40.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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