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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 755 · 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) red and blue (b) blue and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) red and yellow
  2. 2.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  3. 3.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) three neutral colours (b) black and white (c) two secondary colours (d) two primary colours
  4. 4.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red (b) purple (c) green (d) orange
  5. 5.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and red (c) yellow and blue (d) red and yellow
  6. 6.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  7. 7.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) purple
  8. 8.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  9. 9.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) blue (c) green (d) orange
  10. 10.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  11. 11.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  13. 13.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) orange (c) red (d) green
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) blue
  16. 16.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and yellow (c) blue and red (d) red and blue
  19. 19.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  21. 21.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  23. 23.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  25. 25.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  27. 27.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) green
  28. 28.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) orange (d) red
  31. 31.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  32. 32.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  33. 33.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue (c) orange (d) yellow
  35. 35.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) brown and grey (b) the tertiary colours (c) the primary colours (d) the secondary colours
  36. 36.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  37. 37.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  40. 40.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour

Answer key

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

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