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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 669 · 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 blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  2. 2.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  3. 3.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and red (b) red and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and red
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) orange (d) green
  5. 5.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) green
  7. 7.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  9. 9.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  10. 10.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  12. 12.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  13. 13.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  14. 14.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  16. 16.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) orange
  18. 18.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  19. 19.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  20. 20.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  22. 22.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) yellow (c) purple (d) orange
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) red (c) purple (d) orange
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) red (c) blue (d) yellow
  27. 27.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) purple (d) red
  29. 29.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  30. 30.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  31. 31.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) blue and red
  33. 33.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  34. 34.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  35. 35.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  39. 39.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour

Answer key

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

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