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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 696 · 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 orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  2. 2.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) blue (d) red
  6. 6.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) purple (d) green
  9. 9.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  10. 10.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and blue (c) red and yellow (d) yellow and red
  11. 11.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  12. 12.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  13. 13.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  15. 15.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) purple (c) red (d) orange
  16. 16.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) green (b) red (c) yellow (d) blue
  18. 18.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  20. 20.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  21. 21.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  22. 22.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the tertiary colours (b) brown and grey (c) the secondary colours (d) the primary colours
  23. 23.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and blue (b) blue and red (c) yellow and red (d) red and yellow
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) orange
  25. 25.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  26. 26.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  28. 28.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and blue (c) yellow and red (d) red and blue
  29. 29.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  30. 30.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and red (c) red and blue (d) blue and yellow
  32. 32.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  35. 35.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) red (c) purple (d) yellow
  36. 36.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  38. 38.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  39. 39.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  40. 40.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow

Answer key

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

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