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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 732 · 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: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) red and yellow (c) red and blue (d) yellow and blue
  3. 3.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  4. 4.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) orange (d) red
  8. 8.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  9. 9.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  12. 12.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) red and blue (c) yellow and red (d) yellow and blue
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue (c) orange (d) yellow
  14. 14.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  15. 15.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) red and blue (d) blue and yellow
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) green
  17. 17.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  18. 18.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  19. 19.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  22. 22.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) red (d) orange
  23. 23.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) purple (d) red
  24. 24.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  26. 26.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) purple (d) green
  27. 27.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  29. 29.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  30. 30.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  31. 31.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  33. 33.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and blue (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and red
  36. 36.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  38. 38.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  39. 39.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) orange (c) red (d) purple

Answer key

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

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