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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 778 · 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 red and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and yellow (c) red and blue (d) red and yellow
  3. 3.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  5. 5.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) blue (c) purple (d) orange
  6. 6.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) red
  8. 8.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) purple
  9. 9.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  10. 10.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) green
  12. 12.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  14. 14.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  17. 17.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  18. 18.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  19. 19.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) purple (d) green
  21. 21.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  23. 23.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  24. 24.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two primary colours (b) two secondary colours (c) three neutral colours (d) black and white
  25. 25.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  28. 28.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  33. 33.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) orange (c) blue (d) yellow
  35. 35.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and blue (b) blue and yellow (c) red and yellow (d) yellow and blue
  36. 36.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  37. 37.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) yellow and blue (d) blue and red
  39. 39.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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