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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 848 · 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) green (b) purple (c) red (d) orange
  2. 2.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two secondary colours (b) two primary colours (c) black and white (d) three neutral colours
  5. 5.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  7. 7.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  9. 9.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) green (d) orange
  11. 11.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  12. 12.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) purple (c) blue (d) yellow
  13. 13.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  14. 14.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  16. 16.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  17. 17.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  19. 19.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  20. 20.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and red (c) yellow and blue (d) red and yellow
  22. 22.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) orange
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) green (c) blue (d) orange
  24. 24.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🎨 Is purple 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) purple (b) orange (c) green
  27. 27.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs red. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) red and yellow (c) blue and yellow (d) blue and red
  34. 34.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  35. 35.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) yellow (c) red (d) blue
  37. 37.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) green
  38. 38.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  39. 39.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow

Answer key

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

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