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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 688 · 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: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) three neutral colours (c) two primary colours (d) two secondary colours
  3. 3.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) orange
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) orange (c) yellow (d) blue
  5. 5.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  7. 7.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) green (b) red (c) yellow (d) blue
  8. 8.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  9. 9.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  10. 10.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) red and blue
  11. 11.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  12. 12.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) blue (c) yellow (d) red
  14. 14.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and blue (b) blue and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) red and yellow
  15. 15.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  16. 16.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  17. 17.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and blue (c) red and yellow (d) blue and red
  18. 18.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) red (d) purple
  19. 19.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  21. 21.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  24. 24.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  25. 25.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) purple (c) blue (d) yellow
  27. 27.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  28. 28.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and red (c) yellow and blue (d) blue and yellow
  29. 29.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) green (d) purple
  32. 32.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  33. 33.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  35. 35.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  37. 37.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  38. 38.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  39. 39.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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