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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 760 · 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 primary colours do painters mix with?
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) yellow
  3. 3.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  5. 5.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) blue and yellow (c) red and yellow (d) blue and red
  7. 7.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) green (c) blue (d) yellow
  10. 10.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  11. 11.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) purple (c) red (d) yellow
  13. 13.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) orange (c) blue (d) yellow
  14. 14.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  15. 15.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) red (c) purple (d) blue
  16. 16.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) brown and grey (b) the primary colours (c) the tertiary colours (d) the secondary colours
  18. 18.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  19. 19.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  20. 20.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) yellow (d) purple
  21. 21.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  23. 23.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  24. 24.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  26. 26.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  28. 28.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  29. 29.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  30. 30.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  31. 31.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) red and blue (c) red and yellow (d) blue and yellow
  32. 32.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  33. 33.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  34. 34.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  37. 37.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  39. 39.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  40. 40.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green

Answer key

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

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