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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 798 · 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: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the primary colours (b) the tertiary colours (c) brown and grey (d) the secondary colours
  4. 4.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  5. 5.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two primary colours (b) three neutral colours (c) two secondary colours (d) black and white
  6. 6.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  7. 7.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  9. 9.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  10. 10.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) orange
  11. 11.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  12. 12.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  14. 14.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  15. 15.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  16. 16.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  17. 17.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) red and blue (c) yellow and blue (d) red and yellow
  19. 19.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) blue (c) green (d) orange
  20. 20.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) yellow (d) purple
  21. 21.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) yellow and red (c) blue and yellow (d) blue and red
  22. 22.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) red (c) yellow (d) blue
  24. 24.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) blue (c) orange (d) purple
  26. 26.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  27. 27.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  28. 28.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) red and yellow (d) blue and red
  35. 35.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) red (d) purple
  38. 38.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  39. 39.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and red (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and red (d) red and blue

Answer key

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

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