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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 862 · 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.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  2. 2.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  5. 5.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  6. 6.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red (b) green (c) purple (d) orange
  8. 8.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  9. 9.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  10. 10.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  12. 12.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  13. 13.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  16. 16.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) blue and red
  17. 17.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  18. 18.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  20. 20.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  21. 21.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  23. 23.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and blue (c) red and yellow (d) blue and yellow
  24. 24.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) blue
  26. 26.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) three neutral colours (b) black and white (c) two primary colours (d) two secondary colours
  28. 28.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  29. 29.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  31. 31.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the primary colours (b) the tertiary colours (c) the secondary colours (d) brown and grey
  32. 32.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) blue and yellow (c) yellow and red (d) red and blue
  34. 34.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  36. 36.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) orange (d) red
  40. 40.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) yellow

Answer key

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

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