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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 794 · 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 green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  2. 2.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two secondary colours (b) three neutral colours (c) black and white (d) two primary colours
  3. 3.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and yellow (c) red and yellow (d) red and blue
  4. 4.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) red (c) purple (d) blue
  5. 5.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) red and yellow (d) red and blue
  6. 6.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  7. 7.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  10. 10.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  14. 14.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) green (b) yellow (c) red (d) blue
  16. 16.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) orange (c) red (d) yellow
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) green (d) red
  21. 21.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and yellow (c) blue and red (d) yellow and red
  22. 22.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) blue
  24. 24.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  26. 26.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  27. 27.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  28. 28.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  29. 29.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  30. 30.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  31. 31.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  32. 32.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) orange (c) yellow (d) green
  37. 37.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  38. 38.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs red. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and red (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and blue

Answer key

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

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