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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 75 · 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.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  2. 2.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  3. 3.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) purple
  4. 4.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and red (d) yellow and red
  5. 5.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and yellow (c) blue and red (d) red and blue
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) red (d) blue
  8. 8.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  9. 9.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  10. 10.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) red (c) green (d) yellow
  13. 13.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the tertiary colours (b) the primary colours (c) brown and grey (d) the secondary colours
  14. 14.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  15. 15.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  16. 16.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  17. 17.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  18. 18.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  19. 19.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  20. 20.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  22. 22.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and red (c) blue and yellow (d) red and yellow
  24. 24.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow (b) green (c) orange (d) purple
  28. 28.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and red (c) red and blue (d) yellow and blue
  29. 29.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  31. 31.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) three neutral colours (b) black and white (c) two secondary colours (d) two primary colours
  32. 32.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  33. 33.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  35. 35.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  38. 38.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) green (c) orange (d) purple
  40. 40.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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