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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 702 · 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 red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  2. 2.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and blue (c) yellow and red (d) blue and yellow
  5. 5.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  7. 7.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  8. 8.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  9. 9.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) red and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) blue and red
  10. 10.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  12. 12.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  14. 14.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  15. 15.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  17. 17.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and red (c) yellow and blue (d) blue and yellow
  19. 19.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) red
  20. 20.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  21. 21.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  22. 22.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  23. 23.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  24. 24.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) green (c) red (d) blue
  25. 25.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) orange (d) blue
  27. 27.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) purple (d) red
  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.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) three neutral colours (c) two secondary colours (d) two primary colours
  32. 32.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and red (d) red and blue
  35. 35.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) blue
  37. 37.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  38. 38.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) green (d) orange
  40. 40.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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