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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 84 · 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.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) purple (d) green
  5. 5.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  6. 6.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) red and blue (c) yellow and blue (d) blue and red
  7. 7.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  9. 9.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  10. 10.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  12. 12.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and yellow (c) blue and red (d) red and blue
  13. 13.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  14. 14.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) orange (d) blue
  15. 15.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  16. 16.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  18. 18.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) red (d) purple
  19. 19.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  22. 22.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  23. 23.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  24. 24.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  27. 27.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  28. 28.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) purple (c) blue (d) orange
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) red (c) orange (d) purple
  30. 30.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  32. 32.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  33. 33.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) green (d) purple
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red (d) orange
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) blue (c) red (d) yellow
  37. 37.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  40. 40.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and blue (b) yellow and blue (c) red and yellow (d) blue and yellow

Answer key

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

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