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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 869 · 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: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) purple (b) blue (c) yellow (d) red
  3. 3.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) blue (c) yellow (d) red
  7. 7.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  8. 8.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  9. 9.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and blue (b) blue and red (c) red and yellow (d) blue and yellow
  11. 11.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  12. 12.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  13. 13.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  14. 14.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  15. 15.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  19. 19.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) blue (b) purple (c) green (d) orange
  21. 21.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  22. 22.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  27. 27.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  29. 29.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  31. 31.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  32. 32.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) blue (c) yellow (d) red
  34. 34.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) orange (c) red (d) yellow
  35. 35.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the secondary colours (b) brown and grey (c) the tertiary colours (d) the primary colours
  37. 37.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  38. 38.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  40. 40.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue

Answer key

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

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