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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 837 · 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 primary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) red
  2. 2.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) blue (c) purple (d) green
  3. 3.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  4. 4.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) yellow (d) orange
  5. 5.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) red and blue
  8. 8.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) purple (c) yellow (d) red
  9. 9.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  10. 10.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) green (c) orange (d) purple
  13. 13.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  14. 14.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  15. 15.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  17. 17.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  19. 19.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  20. 20.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) orange
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) orange (c) yellow (d) blue
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) yellow
  23. 23.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  25. 25.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  26. 26.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  27. 27.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  28. 28.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  29. 29.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  31. 31.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  32. 32.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  33. 33.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
  34. 34.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  35. 35.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  36. 36.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  38. 38.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green

Answer key

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

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