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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 871 · 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 red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red (d) orange
  4. 4.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  5. 5.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) green
  6. 6.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) red and blue (c) yellow and blue (d) red and yellow
  7. 7.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) blue and red (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and red
  8. 8.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and blue (b) yellow and red (c) blue and red (d) red and blue
  9. 9.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs red. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  11. 11.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  12. 12.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  14. 14.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) brown and grey (b) the primary colours (c) the tertiary colours (d) the secondary colours
  17. 17.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  18. 18.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue (c) purple (d) yellow
  20. 20.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and red (d) red and blue
  21. 21.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) purple (c) blue (d) orange
  24. 24.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  27. 27.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) red (c) purple (d) blue
  28. 28.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and blue (c) yellow and blue (d) yellow and red
  32. 32.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  33. 33.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  35. 35.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  36. 36.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) three neutral colours (b) two primary colours (c) black and white (d) two secondary colours
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) yellow (c) purple (d) orange
  38. 38.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  40. 40.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) purple (d) green

Answer key

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

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