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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 744 · 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: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) orange (c) yellow (d) red
  3. 3.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  4. 4.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) orange (c) yellow (d) blue
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) red
  6. 6.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and blue (c) blue and red (d) yellow and red
  7. 7.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  8. 8.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) yellow (d) orange
  9. 9.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  10. 10.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two secondary colours (b) two primary colours (c) three neutral colours (d) black and white
  11. 11.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) green (c) blue (d) yellow
  13. 13.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the tertiary colours (b) the secondary colours (c) the primary colours (d) brown and grey
  14. 14.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  15. 15.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) blue (b) green (c) purple (d) orange
  17. 17.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) red (c) green (d) purple
  19. 19.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and blue (b) blue and yellow (c) blue and red (d) red and yellow
  24. 24.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) green (d) red
  25. 25.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and blue (b) blue and red (c) red and blue (d) red and yellow
  26. 26.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  32. 32.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  33. 33.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs red. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  38. 38.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  40. 40.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red

Answer key

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

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