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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 800 · 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) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  2. 2.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and red (c) blue and yellow (d) red and yellow
  3. 3.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) green (c) red (d) blue
  4. 4.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  6. 6.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) orange (c) red (d) green
  8. 8.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  9. 9.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  10. 10.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  11. 11.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  12. 12.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) blue and red (c) yellow and blue (d) yellow and red
  13. 13.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) red (d) blue
  14. 14.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  15. 15.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  16. 16.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  17. 17.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  18. 18.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and blue (b) yellow and blue (c) red and yellow (d) blue and yellow
  20. 20.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the tertiary colours (b) the secondary colours (c) the primary colours (d) brown and grey
  21. 21.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  22. 22.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and red (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and blue
  24. 24.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  25. 25.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  27. 27.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  28. 28.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  30. 30.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs red. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) green (d) purple
  32. 32.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two secondary colours (b) black and white (c) two primary colours (d) three neutral colours
  35. 35.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  36. 36.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  40. 40.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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