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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 764 · 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 of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) green (d) red
  2. 2.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  4. 4.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and yellow (b) red and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and blue
  5. 5.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  7. 7.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) orange
  8. 8.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) blue and red
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) blue (c) purple (d) green
  11. 11.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  12. 12.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  13. 13.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) green (d) orange
  14. 14.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  15. 15.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  16. 16.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  17. 17.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) blue
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) green (c) red (d) purple
  19. 19.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  20. 20.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  22. 22.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  24. 24.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  33. 33.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs red. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  36. 36.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two primary colours (b) black and white (c) three neutral colours (d) two secondary colours
  37. 37.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  40. 40.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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