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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 828 · 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.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  2. 2.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  3. 3.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  4. 4.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the tertiary colours (b) the primary colours (c) brown and grey (d) the secondary colours
  5. 5.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  6. 6.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and red (d) red and yellow
  7. 7.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) purple (b) blue (c) yellow (d) red
  9. 9.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  10. 10.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  11. 11.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) green (c) red (d) orange
  13. 13.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  14. 14.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  15. 15.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and yellow (b) blue and red (c) red and blue (d) yellow and red
  16. 16.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  17. 17.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  18. 18.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) green (d) red
  19. 19.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and blue (b) blue and red (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and red
  20. 20.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and blue (b) blue and red (c) yellow and red (d) red and blue
  21. 21.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  24. 24.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and blue (b) blue and red (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and red
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue (c) orange (d) yellow
  29. 29.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) two primary colours (c) three neutral colours (d) two secondary colours
  30. 30.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) purple
  36. 36.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and blue (b) yellow and red (c) red and blue (d) blue and yellow
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) blue
  40. 40.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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