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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 856 · 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: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) red (c) purple (d) orange
  3. 3.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  4. 4.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  8. 8.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) green
  9. 9.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  10. 10.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and yellow (c) red and blue (d) red and yellow
  13. 13.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  14. 14.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  15. 15.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  17. 17.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) blue and red (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and red
  19. 19.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  20. 20.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  21. 21.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and blue (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) red and yellow
  22. 22.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) green
  26. 26.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  27. 27.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  28. 28.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  29. 29.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) brown and grey (b) the secondary colours (c) the tertiary colours (d) the primary colours
  30. 30.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  31. 31.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) green (d) orange
  34. 34.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) orange (c) yellow (d) green
  36. 36.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and red (d) yellow and blue
  38. 38.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  40. 40.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green

Answer key

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

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