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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 729 · 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 primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  2. 2.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  4. 4.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) orange
  7. 7.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  8. 8.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) orange (d) red
  10. 10.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) orange (c) yellow (d) green
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) green
  12. 12.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  13. 13.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  15. 15.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  16. 16.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  18. 18.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) purple (c) orange (d) green
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) purple (c) orange (d) green
  21. 21.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  22. 22.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  26. 26.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and yellow (c) yellow and red (d) red and blue
  28. 28.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) purple
  30. 30.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) yellow
  33. 33.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and red
  35. 35.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) red and yellow (d) red and blue
  36. 36.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour

Answer key

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

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