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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 807 · 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: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) blue (c) purple (d) orange
  4. 4.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  7. 7.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  8. 8.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  9. 9.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  10. 10.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) red (d) blue
  12. 12.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  13. 13.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  15. 15.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  16. 16.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  18. 18.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) blue (c) green (d) purple
  21. 21.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) red and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) red and yellow
  22. 22.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) yellow (d) purple
  23. 23.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and red (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and red
  25. 25.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  26. 26.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) purple
  27. 27.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and yellow (c) yellow and red (d) red and blue
  29. 29.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  31. 31.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  33. 33.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  35. 35.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the tertiary colours (b) brown and grey (c) the secondary colours (d) the primary colours
  38. 38.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  39. 39.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) yellow

Answer key

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

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