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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 74 · 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 ? + blue = purple needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) orange (c) red (d) yellow
  3. 3.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  5. 5.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  6. 6.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  9. 9.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  10. 10.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  12. 12.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and blue (c) yellow and red (d) red and yellow
  13. 13.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  14. 14.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and red (d) red and yellow
  15. 15.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  16. 16.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) blue and yellow (c) blue and red (d) yellow and red
  17. 17.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) purple
  19. 19.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  23. 23.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  25. 25.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) orange (c) red (d) green
  27. 27.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and blue (c) yellow and red (d) red and yellow
  28. 28.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) orange (d) red
  31. 31.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  33. 33.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  35. 35.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  38. 38.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) green (c) yellow (d) orange
  40. 40.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) blue (b) orange (c) green (d) purple

Answer key

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

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