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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 823 · 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.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  2. 2.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) red (c) green (d) blue
  5. 5.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) orange (d) red
  7. 7.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  8. 8.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  10. 10.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) blue (b) purple (c) green (d) orange
  11. 11.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and blue (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and red
  13. 13.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  14. 14.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) orange
  16. 16.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  18. 18.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  19. 19.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and yellow (c) yellow and red (d) blue and red
  20. 20.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) two primary colours (c) three neutral colours (d) two secondary colours
  22. 22.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  24. 24.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  25. 25.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) purple (c) yellow (d) green
  27. 27.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) yellow
  28. 28.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  29. 29.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  31. 31.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  33. 33.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the primary colours (b) brown and grey (c) the tertiary colours (d) the secondary colours
  34. 34.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  36. 36.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  37. 37.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and yellow (b) red and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) blue and red
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) red
  39. 39.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green

Answer key

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

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