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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 698 · 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: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and blue (c) yellow and blue (d) yellow and red
  3. 3.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red (b) orange (c) purple (d) green
  4. 4.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and blue (c) red and blue (d) red and yellow
  6. 6.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) yellow
  9. 9.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two secondary colours (b) three neutral colours (c) black and white (d) two primary colours
  10. 10.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) blue (d) red
  12. 12.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  13. 13.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and red (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and red
  17. 17.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  18. 18.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  19. 19.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  22. 22.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) blue and red
  23. 23.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  24. 24.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  25. 25.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) green (c) red (d) yellow
  26. 26.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  30. 30.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  31. 31.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the secondary colours (b) the tertiary colours (c) the primary colours (d) brown and grey
  32. 32.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) green (c) orange (d) purple
  34. 34.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  36. 36.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) orange
  39. 39.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red

Answer key

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

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