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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 81 · 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: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  3. 3.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two secondary colours (b) black and white (c) three neutral colours (d) two primary colours
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) purple (c) green (d) orange
  5. 5.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) yellow and red (d) red and blue
  6. 6.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) yellow
  9. 9.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  10. 10.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) orange
  14. 14.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) purple (c) blue (d) green
  15. 15.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  16. 16.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) red (c) orange (d) purple
  17. 17.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  18. 18.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  19. 19.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) green (d) yellow
  21. 21.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  22. 22.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  24. 24.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and blue (b) yellow and red (c) red and yellow (d) blue and yellow
  26. 26.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  28. 28.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  29. 29.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  31. 31.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and yellow (c) red and yellow (d) blue and red
  32. 32.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) blue (c) orange (d) yellow
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) blue (c) orange (d) green
  34. 34.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  35. 35.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  40. 40.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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