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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 831 · 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.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
  2. 2.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  3. 3.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) blue (c) purple (d) orange
  5. 5.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  6. 6.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  7. 7.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  10. 10.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and red (d) yellow and red
  13. 13.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) green (d) purple
  15. 15.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red (d) orange
  20. 20.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  22. 22.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  23. 23.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  24. 24.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  25. 25.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  26. 26.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  27. 27.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  28. 28.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  29. 29.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  30. 30.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  31. 31.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  33. 33.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  34. 34.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  38. 38.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) orange (d) yellow

Answer key

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

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