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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 858 · 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) yellow (c) red (d) blue
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) orange (d) yellow
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) green (c) yellow (d) blue
  4. 4.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  5. 5.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the tertiary colours (b) the secondary colours (c) brown and grey (d) the primary colours
  9. 9.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and blue (c) yellow and red (d) blue and yellow
  10. 10.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  13. 13.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  16. 16.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) orange (c) blue (d) green
  18. 18.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) red (c) green (d) purple
  19. 19.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  21. 21.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) orange
  23. 23.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) purple
  25. 25.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  26. 26.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) blue and red (c) yellow and blue (d) yellow and red
  28. 28.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  29. 29.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  30. 30.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  31. 31.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) red and blue
  33. 33.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  34. 34.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  35. 35.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  36. 36.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  37. 37.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and red (b) red and blue (c) red and yellow (d) yellow and blue
  38. 38.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) green (d) orange
  39. 39.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) red and yellow (c) blue and yellow (d) blue and red

Answer key

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

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