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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 758 · 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 blue and yellow paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  5. 5.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  7. 7.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) blue and yellow (c) red and yellow (d) yellow and blue
  11. 11.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) three neutral colours (b) two secondary colours (c) two primary colours (d) black and white
  13. 13.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) yellow (d) orange
  15. 15.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) orange (b) blue (c) yellow (d) red
  16. 16.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) purple (c) red (d) yellow
  17. 17.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  19. 19.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  20. 20.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  21. 21.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) red (d) purple
  22. 22.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the secondary colours (b) brown and grey (c) the primary colours (d) the tertiary colours
  23. 23.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  24. 24.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  25. 25.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  26. 26.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  28. 28.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) purple
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) green (c) orange (d) purple
  31. 31.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) green (c) red (d) blue
  34. 34.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  35. 35.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) blue
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) red (c) blue (d) yellow
  37. 37.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour

Answer key

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

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