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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 805 · 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.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  4. 4.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) red (c) orange (d) blue
  5. 5.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  6. 6.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  9. 9.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) yellow (d) purple
  11. 11.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  12. 12.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  13. 13.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  15. 15.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  19. 19.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) blue and yellow (c) blue and red (d) yellow and red
  20. 20.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and red (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and red (d) blue and yellow
  21. 21.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) red (d) purple
  22. 22.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the tertiary colours (b) the secondary colours (c) brown and grey (d) the primary colours
  24. 24.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  26. 26.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  27. 27.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  28. 28.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  29. 29.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green (d) red
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) blue (c) yellow (d) red
  33. 33.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  34. 34.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  36. 36.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) purple
  40. 40.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow

Answer key

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

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