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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 830 · 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 purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  2. 2.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) yellow
  4. 4.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  5. 5.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  8. 8.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) purple (c) blue (d) green
  9. 9.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) red and blue (d) blue and yellow
  10. 10.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) purple (c) blue (d) yellow
  12. 12.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  13. 13.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  14. 14.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  15. 15.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red
  17. 17.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  18. 18.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  19. 19.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and yellow (c) blue and red (d) yellow and blue
  20. 20.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) orange (c) yellow (d) red
  21. 21.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  23. 23.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  24. 24.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  26. 26.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  27. 27.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) green
  29. 29.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the secondary colours (b) the tertiary colours (c) the primary colours (d) brown and grey
  32. 32.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) red (c) orange (d) green
  34. 34.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs red. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) blue and yellow (c) red and blue (d) yellow and red
  38. 38.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  40. 40.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow

Answer key

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

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