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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 836 · 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 of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) purple
  2. 2.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) yellow and blue (c) red and yellow (d) blue and red
  3. 3.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  4. 4.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red (b) green (c) orange (d) purple
  7. 7.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow (c) orange (d) blue
  9. 9.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and blue (c) yellow and blue (d) yellow and red
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) green (d) orange
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) orange (c) blue (d) purple
  12. 12.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  13. 13.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  14. 14.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  16. 16.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and red (b) blue and yellow (c) red and blue (d) red and yellow
  17. 17.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  19. 19.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and red (b) red and blue (c) red and yellow (d) yellow and blue
  21. 21.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  22. 22.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) yellow (c) orange (d) purple
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) purple (c) green (d) orange
  24. 24.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and blue (b) blue and yellow (c) red and blue (d) red and yellow
  25. 25.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  26. 26.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  27. 27.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) brown and grey (b) the tertiary colours (c) the secondary colours (d) the primary colours
  29. 29.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  30. 30.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  32. 32.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  34. 34.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  36. 36.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) orange (b) blue (c) red (d) yellow
  38. 38.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) red (c) purple (d) blue
  40. 40.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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