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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 870 · 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: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  3. 3.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  4. 4.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  5. 5.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) green
  7. 7.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  8. 8.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) red (c) green (d) orange
  11. 11.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  13. 13.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) yellow and blue (c) red and yellow (d) blue and red
  14. 14.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) green
  16. 16.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  17. 17.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  18. 18.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  19. 19.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  21. 21.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red (b) orange (c) green (d) purple
  23. 23.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  27. 27.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) blue (b) purple (c) green (d) orange
  28. 28.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  29. 29.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  30. 30.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  31. 31.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  33. 33.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and yellow (c) red and blue (d) yellow and red
  34. 34.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  35. 35.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  36. 36.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) red and blue (d) yellow and blue
  37. 37.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) yellow
  39. 39.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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