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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 697 · 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.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the secondary colours (b) brown and grey (c) the tertiary colours (d) the primary colours
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) blue
  3. 3.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  4. 4.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) purple
  5. 5.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) red (c) yellow (d) blue
  7. 7.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  9. 9.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) green (c) red (d) orange
  11. 11.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  12. 12.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  13. 13.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  18. 18.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) green (c) yellow (d) blue
  19. 19.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) blue (b) green (c) purple (d) orange
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) orange (c) yellow (d) green
  21. 21.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  22. 22.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  24. 24.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  25. 25.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) yellow and red (c) yellow and blue (d) blue and red
  26. 26.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  29. 29.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  32. 32.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) red (c) green (d) orange
  34. 34.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and yellow (b) red and blue (c) yellow and blue (d) blue and red
  36. 36.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) blue (c) orange (d) yellow

Answer key

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

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