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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 70 · 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: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  3. 3.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) orange
  5. 5.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  6. 6.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  7. 7.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) orange (c) yellow (d) purple
  9. 9.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  10. 10.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  11. 11.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) orange (b) blue (c) red (d) yellow
  12. 12.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs red. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the primary colours (b) the tertiary colours (c) the secondary colours (d) brown and grey
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) blue (c) orange (d) green
  17. 17.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  18. 18.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two primary colours (b) two secondary colours (c) black and white (d) three neutral colours
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) purple
  25. 25.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  26. 26.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) blue and red (c) red and yellow (d) red and blue
  28. 28.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and red (c) yellow and blue (d) red and blue
  30. 30.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  31. 31.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) purple (c) yellow (d) orange
  32. 32.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs red. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  35. 35.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red (d) green
  38. 38.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  40. 40.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue

Answer key

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

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