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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 819 · 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: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and red (d) blue and red
  3. 3.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) blue (d) red
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) purple
  6. 6.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) yellow (c) purple (d) orange
  7. 7.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  8. 8.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  9. 9.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  10. 10.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) blue (c) purple (d) green
  11. 11.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) blue and red (c) red and blue (d) red and yellow
  12. 12.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  14. 14.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  15. 15.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) orange
  17. 17.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) two primary colours (c) three neutral colours (d) two secondary colours
  18. 18.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) red (d) blue
  20. 20.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  21. 21.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  22. 22.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  25. 25.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and blue (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and red
  26. 26.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  27. 27.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  28. 28.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) green (c) red (d) purple
  30. 30.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  31. 31.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  33. 33.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  35. 35.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  36. 36.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) green (c) blue (d) purple
  38. 38.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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