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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 731 · 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: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  3. 3.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) purple (c) yellow (d) red
  4. 4.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  8. 8.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and blue (b) blue and red (c) red and blue (d) yellow and red
  11. 11.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) red and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) blue and red
  12. 12.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  13. 13.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and blue (b) blue and yellow (c) red and blue (d) yellow and red
  15. 15.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  16. 16.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  17. 17.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) orange (c) blue (d) purple
  19. 19.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  20. 20.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  21. 21.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  22. 22.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  23. 23.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) blue (c) orange (d) yellow
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) red (d) blue
  25. 25.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) blue and red (d) red and blue
  29. 29.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  30. 30.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  32. 32.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) red (c) green (d) purple
  34. 34.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) orange
  36. 36.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) blue (b) green (c) orange (d) purple
  37. 37.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and yellow (b) red and blue (c) yellow and blue (d) blue and red

Answer key

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

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