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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 740 · 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.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and red (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) yellow and red
  2. 2.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  3. 3.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  4. 4.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  5. 5.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) red and blue
  6. 6.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  8. 8.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) green (d) red
  12. 12.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  14. 14.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  16. 16.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) purple (d) green
  18. 18.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) purple
  19. 19.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the tertiary colours (b) brown and grey (c) the primary colours (d) the secondary colours
  20. 20.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  21. 21.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  23. 23.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and yellow (c) blue and red (d) yellow and blue
  27. 27.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  28. 28.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green (d) red
  31. 31.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  34. 34.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) three neutral colours (b) black and white (c) two primary colours (d) two secondary colours
  36. 36.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) green (c) red (d) yellow
  37. 37.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  38. 38.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  40. 40.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange

Answer key

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

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