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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 716 · 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: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) red (c) green (d) orange
  4. 4.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and yellow (c) blue and yellow (d) red and blue
  5. 5.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) red and blue (d) blue and red
  6. 6.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) green (c) yellow (d) purple
  8. 8.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  10. 10.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  13. 13.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) blue
  15. 15.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red
  16. 16.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  17. 17.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) red (c) green (d) yellow
  20. 20.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) blue (d) red
  22. 22.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green (d) blue
  24. 24.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) two primary colours (c) three neutral colours (d) two secondary colours
  26. 26.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) purple (d) yellow
  28. 28.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  29. 29.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  30. 30.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) yellow (c) red (d) blue
  32. 32.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  33. 33.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  35. 35.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) blue and red (c) blue and yellow (d) red and yellow

Answer key

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

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