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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 860 · 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) purple (b) orange (c) blue (d) green
  2. 2.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) red (c) orange (d) yellow
  4. 4.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  5. 5.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  6. 6.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the secondary colours (b) the primary colours (c) brown and grey (d) the tertiary colours
  7. 7.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) yellow
  10. 10.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) purple (c) green (d) orange
  12. 12.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  14. 14.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  15. 15.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  17. 17.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) green
  18. 18.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) red (c) orange (d) green
  19. 19.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  21. 21.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and blue (b) yellow and red (c) yellow and blue (d) blue and yellow
  23. 23.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  24. 24.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  25. 25.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and blue (c) red and yellow (d) blue and yellow
  27. 27.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red
  28. 28.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  30. 30.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  31. 31.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  35. 35.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and yellow (c) blue and red (d) yellow and red
  36. 36.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  37. 37.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour

Answer key

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

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