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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 788 · 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.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) orange
  3. 3.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  5. 5.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) purple (d) green
  6. 6.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and red (b) red and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and blue
  8. 8.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red (d) orange
  10. 10.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  11. 11.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) red
  14. 14.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  15. 15.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  16. 16.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) blue (c) purple (d) green
  18. 18.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  19. 19.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  20. 20.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and red (c) blue and yellow (d) red and blue
  21. 21.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) purple (c) yellow (d) red
  26. 26.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red (b) orange (c) purple (d) green
  28. 28.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  29. 29.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  30. 30.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  31. 31.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  32. 32.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the primary colours (b) the secondary colours (c) the tertiary colours (d) brown and grey
  33. 33.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  35. 35.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) purple (c) blue (d) green
  39. 39.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  40. 40.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange

Answer key

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

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