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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 707 · 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 of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) red (c) green (d) orange
  2. 2.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  4. 4.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and blue (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) red and yellow
  5. 5.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) blue and red
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) purple (c) yellow (d) green
  7. 7.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  8. 8.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  9. 9.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  10. 10.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  13. 13.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  14. 14.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  16. 16.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  17. 17.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) orange
  18. 18.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
  19. 19.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) purple (d) red
  20. 20.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  22. 22.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and blue (b) blue and yellow (c) yellow and red (d) yellow and blue
  23. 23.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  26. 26.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  28. 28.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) purple (c) red (d) orange
  30. 30.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  31. 31.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and blue (b) blue and red (c) yellow and red (d) red and blue
  32. 32.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  34. 34.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) purple (d) green
  35. 35.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two primary colours (b) black and white (c) two secondary colours (d) three neutral colours
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow (c) purple (d) blue

Answer key

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

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