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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 781 · 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 red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  2. 2.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  3. 3.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) orange (d) red
  5. 5.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the tertiary colours (b) brown and grey (c) the secondary colours (d) the primary colours
  7. 7.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  9. 9.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) orange (d) red
  14. 14.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) purple (c) blue (d) orange
  16. 16.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  17. 17.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  18. 18.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) blue and red (c) yellow and blue (d) yellow and red
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) green
  21. 21.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  23. 23.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  24. 24.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) orange (c) red (d) purple
  26. 26.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) green (d) blue
  28. 28.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and yellow (c) red and blue (d) yellow and red
  30. 30.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) purple (c) blue (d) green
  32. 32.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  33. 33.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  34. 34.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  35. 35.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  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.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) red and yellow
  38. 38.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) blue and red (c) red and yellow (d) red and blue
  39. 39.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  40. 40.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red (b) orange (c) green (d) purple

Answer key

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

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