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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 683 · 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 primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  2. 2.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  3. 3.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  4. 4.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  5. 5.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) blue and red (c) red and yellow (d) blue and yellow
  6. 6.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  7. 7.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) blue and yellow (c) red and blue (d) yellow and red
  9. 9.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  11. 11.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) purple
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) red (d) blue
  13. 13.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) yellow (c) orange (d) purple
  14. 14.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  15. 15.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and blue (b) yellow and blue (c) red and yellow (d) blue and yellow
  16. 16.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) purple (c) red (d) green
  18. 18.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) green (d) yellow
  20. 20.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  21. 21.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) green (c) red (d) blue
  22. 22.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  23. 23.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  24. 24.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  25. 25.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  26. 26.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) three neutral colours (c) two primary colours (d) two secondary colours
  28. 28.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and yellow (c) blue and yellow (d) blue and red
  29. 29.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  30. 30.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  31. 31.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  32. 32.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  34. 34.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  35. 35.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  37. 37.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and red (c) red and blue (d) yellow and blue
  40. 40.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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