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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 816 · 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 primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  2. 2.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) orange (b) blue (c) red (d) yellow
  5. 5.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  6. 6.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  7. 7.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) purple (c) yellow (d) orange
  8. 8.🎨 Is red 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.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) red
  12. 12.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  14. 14.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) red (c) green (d) blue
  15. 15.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  16. 16.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  19. 19.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs red. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  21. 21.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) yellow and blue (c) yellow and red (d) blue and red
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) green
  24. 24.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) orange (d) red
  26. 26.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and blue (c) yellow and red (d) blue and yellow
  27. 27.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  28. 28.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  29. 29.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  30. 30.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  32. 32.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  33. 33.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) blue
  36. 36.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and yellow (c) red and yellow (d) blue and red
  38. 38.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) blue and red (c) red and yellow (d) red and blue
  40. 40.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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