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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 867 · 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.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  2. 2.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and red (b) red and blue (c) yellow and blue (d) yellow and red
  3. 3.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) orange
  4. 4.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  6. 6.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  7. 7.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
  8. 8.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow (c) orange (d) blue
  10. 10.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  11. 11.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and yellow (c) red and blue (d) blue and red
  15. 15.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) red
  17. 17.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) red (c) purple (d) blue
  20. 20.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) red and yellow (c) blue and red (d) blue and yellow
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) green (c) yellow (d) purple
  22. 22.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  23. 23.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  24. 24.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  25. 25.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs red. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) red and blue
  31. 31.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  32. 32.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  33. 33.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  37. 37.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  38. 38.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  40. 40.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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