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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 838 · 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) purple (c) yellow (d) red
  2. 2.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and blue (c) blue and red (d) yellow and red
  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.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) orange (c) green (d) purple
  10. 10.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  13. 13.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) blue (d) red
  15. 15.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) blue and red
  16. 16.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red (b) orange (c) green (d) purple
  17. 17.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  20. 20.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  22. 22.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  24. 24.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) blue and red (c) red and yellow (d) blue and yellow
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) green
  27. 27.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  28. 28.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  29. 29.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and blue (b) yellow and blue (c) red and yellow (d) yellow and red
  31. 31.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  32. 32.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) blue and red (d) red and blue
  33. 33.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  34. 34.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) yellow
  36. 36.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  37. 37.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  38. 38.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  40. 40.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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