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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 733 · 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 blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  2. 2.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) green (d) orange
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) orange (c) purple (d) green
  4. 4.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  5. 5.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  6. 6.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  7. 7.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and yellow (c) red and blue (d) yellow and blue
  8. 8.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  9. 9.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red
  11. 11.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and blue (c) red and yellow (d) red and blue
  12. 12.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  13. 13.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and red (d) blue and red
  14. 14.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  15. 15.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and yellow (c) blue and red (d) yellow and blue
  16. 16.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) purple (c) red (d) yellow
  17. 17.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  18. 18.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  19. 19.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  20. 20.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) orange (d) red
  23. 23.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  26. 26.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  29. 29.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) purple (c) red (d) green
  31. 31.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) brown and grey (b) the tertiary colours (c) the primary colours (d) the secondary colours
  33. 33.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  34. 34.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) red and blue (c) red and yellow (d) blue and yellow
  36. 36.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  38. 38.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  40. 40.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?

Answer key

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

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