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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 719 · 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.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  2. 2.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) blue (d) purple
  4. 4.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  5. 5.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  6. 6.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  7. 7.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  9. 9.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  11. 11.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  12. 12.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  13. 13.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) blue (d) red
  14. 14.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  21. 21.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the secondary colours (b) brown and grey (c) the tertiary colours (d) the primary colours
  22. 22.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and red (b) blue and yellow (c) yellow and red (d) red and blue
  26. 26.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and yellow (c) blue and yellow (d) red and blue
  27. 27.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  28. 28.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) blue (d) red
  31. 31.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) blue and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) red and yellow
  33. 33.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  37. 37.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  38. 38.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and red (b) blue and yellow (c) red and yellow (d) yellow and blue
  39. 39.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) orange (d) green

Answer key

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

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