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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 814 · 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.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) red (c) orange (d) green
  2. 2.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  4. 4.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and blue (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and red (d) yellow and red
  5. 5.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  6. 6.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and blue (b) blue and yellow (c) yellow and red (d) red and yellow
  9. 9.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  10. 10.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and yellow (b) blue and red (c) red and yellow (d) yellow and red
  11. 11.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  12. 12.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  13. 13.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  14. 14.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  20. 20.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) red (d) blue
  21. 21.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  22. 22.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) green
  23. 23.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  24. 24.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  26. 26.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  27. 27.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red (d) orange
  29. 29.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  30. 30.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  31. 31.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red
  33. 33.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) red (c) blue (d) yellow
  35. 35.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) blue and red (c) red and yellow (d) red and blue
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) blue (c) green (d) purple
  38. 38.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) purple (c) blue (d) green
  39. 39.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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