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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 679 · 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.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) red and yellow (d) blue and red
  4. 4.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) blue (c) orange (d) purple
  6. 6.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and blue (b) yellow and red (c) red and blue (d) blue and red
  7. 7.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  9. 9.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) orange
  11. 11.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) purple (d) green
  13. 13.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  14. 14.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  15. 15.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  16. 16.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) red
  17. 17.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) orange
  18. 18.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) green (b) blue (c) red (d) yellow
  19. 19.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  20. 20.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  21. 21.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  22. 22.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) red and yellow (c) blue and yellow (d) blue and red
  24. 24.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  25. 25.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  26. 26.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) purple
  27. 27.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  28. 28.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  31. 31.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  35. 35.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  37. 37.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  40. 40.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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