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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 779 · 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.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  2. 2.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and blue (b) red and yellow (c) blue and red (d) blue and yellow
  4. 4.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  5. 5.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) green (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red
  6. 6.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  8. 8.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) red (d) purple
  9. 9.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  10. 10.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) purple (c) blue (d) yellow
  11. 11.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  12. 12.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  13. 13.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  16. 16.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  17. 17.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  18. 18.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the primary colours (b) brown and grey (c) the secondary colours (d) the tertiary colours
  19. 19.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and red (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and blue
  20. 20.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  21. 21.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) blue (d) orange
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) green (c) red (d) orange
  23. 23.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) yellow
  27. 27.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  29. 29.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  31. 31.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  34. 34.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  35. 35.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) orange
  37. 37.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  38. 38.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) yellow (d) orange
  39. 39.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  40. 40.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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