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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 771 · 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 yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) three neutral colours (b) black and white (c) two secondary colours (d) two primary colours
  3. 3.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  5. 5.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  6. 6.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  7. 7.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  8. 8.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) yellow
  10. 10.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) red (c) orange (d) purple
  11. 11.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  12. 12.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  13. 13.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  14. 14.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) green (d) red
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) orange (c) yellow (d) blue
  16. 16.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and red (d) blue and red
  17. 17.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) orange
  18. 18.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) green
  21. 21.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  22. 22.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  23. 23.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and yellow (c) red and blue (d) yellow and red
  24. 24.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) blue (c) green (d) purple
  26. 26.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  27. 27.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and red (c) yellow and blue (d) red and blue
  30. 30.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  31. 31.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  32. 32.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) red and yellow (c) blue and red (d) blue and yellow
  33. 33.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  34. 34.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  35. 35.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  36. 36.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) purple (c) yellow (d) blue
  37. 37.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  38. 38.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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