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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 685 · 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.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) red and blue (d) yellow and red
  3. 3.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  5. 5.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) purple (d) green
  7. 7.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and red (c) yellow and blue (d) blue and yellow
  8. 8.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  9. 9.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and red (d) yellow and red
  10. 10.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  11. 11.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) blue and red (c) yellow and blue (d) yellow and red
  12. 12.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two secondary colours (b) black and white (c) two primary colours (d) three neutral colours
  13. 13.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  14. 14.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  16. 16.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) blue (c) green (d) purple
  18. 18.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  19. 19.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  21. 21.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) orange (b) red (c) blue (d) yellow
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) orange (c) purple (d) green
  23. 23.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  24. 24.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and red (c) blue and yellow (d) red and blue
  25. 25.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) green (b) yellow (c) red (d) blue
  26. 26.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  30. 30.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  32. 32.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red (b) green (c) purple (d) orange
  33. 33.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) blue and yellow (d) blue and red
  35. 35.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  36. 36.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  37. 37.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  40. 40.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes green. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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