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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 736 · 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: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  3. 3.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) blue and red (d) yellow and blue
  6. 6.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) blue (d) red
  8. 8.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) green (d) red
  10. 10.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  12. 12.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) red (d) blue
  13. 13.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green (d) yellow
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) green
  20. 20.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  21. 21.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and red (c) yellow and blue (d) blue and yellow
  22. 22.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  23. 23.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  26. 26.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  29. 29.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  30. 30.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green (d) red
  35. 35.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  36. 36.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  38. 38.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  39. 39.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  40. 40.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour

Answer key

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

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