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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 709 · 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) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) yellow
  2. 2.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) red and blue (d) yellow and red
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) orange (d) red
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) purple (c) green (d) orange
  5. 5.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) brown and grey (b) the tertiary colours (c) the primary colours (d) the secondary colours
  8. 8.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) red (c) blue (d) yellow
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) blue (d) red
  12. 12.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  13. 13.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  14. 14.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  15. 15.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  16. 16.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  17. 17.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  18. 18.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  21. 21.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  22. 22.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  23. 23.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  27. 27.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  28. 28.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red (d) orange
  29. 29.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  30. 30.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two primary colours (b) two secondary colours (c) black and white (d) three neutral colours
  31. 31.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  32. 32.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  33. 33.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  35. 35.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  36. 36.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) blue
  38. 38.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) yellow

Answer key

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

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