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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 750 · 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 orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) blue and red (c) red and yellow (d) red and blue
  2. 2.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  3. 3.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) orange (c) red (d) yellow
  6. 6.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  10. 10.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and yellow (c) blue and red (d) yellow and blue
  11. 11.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  12. 12.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) purple (c) red (d) yellow
  13. 13.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  15. 15.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) green (d) red
  17. 17.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  19. 19.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red (b) orange (c) purple (d) green
  20. 20.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  21. 21.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) brown and grey (b) the tertiary colours (c) the secondary colours (d) the primary colours
  22. 22.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) red (d) blue
  24. 24.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) green (d) red
  25. 25.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  26. 26.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and blue (c) yellow and red (d) yellow and blue
  27. 27.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  28. 28.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  29. 29.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) yellow
  31. 31.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) purple (c) red (d) green
  34. 34.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  38. 38.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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