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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 667 · 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 green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  2. 2.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) red and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and red
  4. 4.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and yellow (c) blue and red (d) yellow and blue
  5. 5.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) orange
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) purple (c) blue (d) orange
  7. 7.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow (c) green (d) blue
  9. 9.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  10. 10.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  11. 11.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  12. 12.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) red (c) purple (d) blue
  14. 14.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and blue (c) red and blue (d) red and yellow
  20. 20.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) red (c) green (d) blue
  21. 21.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  22. 22.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the secondary colours (b) the primary colours (c) the tertiary colours (d) brown and grey
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) red (c) orange (d) blue
  24. 24.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  25. 25.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  26. 26.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) red (c) green (d) orange
  27. 27.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  28. 28.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  29. 29.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  30. 30.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  32. 32.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  33. 33.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  34. 34.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  35. 35.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) yellow and blue (c) red and yellow (d) red and blue
  37. 37.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two secondary colours (b) two primary colours (c) black and white (d) three neutral colours
  39. 39.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) blue (c) purple (d) orange
  40. 40.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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