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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 844 · 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) purple (b) red (c) blue (d) yellow
  2. 2.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  3. 3.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  5. 5.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  6. 6.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  8. 8.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  9. 9.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  10. 10.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  12. 12.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  13. 13.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  14. 14.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) blue and red (d) red and blue
  15. 15.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  17. 17.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) red
  18. 18.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) yellow
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) green (c) red (d) yellow
  20. 20.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the secondary colours (b) the primary colours (c) the tertiary colours (d) brown and grey
  22. 22.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  23. 23.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) blue (b) green (c) orange (d) purple
  25. 25.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  30. 30.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  31. 31.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and red (c) blue and yellow (d) red and blue
  33. 33.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) yellow and blue (c) red and yellow (d) blue and red
  35. 35.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) purple (c) orange (d) green
  37. 37.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  38. 38.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs red. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red

Answer key

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

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