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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 827 · 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.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  2. 2.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  5. 5.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) red (d) purple
  6. 6.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) red (c) orange (d) purple
  9. 9.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and blue (b) blue and red (c) red and yellow (d) yellow and blue
  13. 13.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) purple (c) orange (d) green
  15. 15.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  17. 17.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs red. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) blue
  19. 19.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) green
  23. 23.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  24. 24.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and blue (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and red (d) yellow and blue
  25. 25.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  27. 27.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and yellow (c) red and blue (d) blue and red
  28. 28.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  30. 30.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) orange (c) red (d) yellow
  31. 31.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  32. 32.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  34. 34.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the primary colours (b) the tertiary colours (c) the secondary colours (d) brown and grey
  35. 35.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red (d) purple
  36. 36.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) orange (c) yellow (d) green
  37. 37.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) yellow and red (d) blue and red
  39. 39.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  40. 40.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour

Answer key

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

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