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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 873 · 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 green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  2. 2.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  4. 4.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) blue and red (c) red and yellow (d) blue and yellow
  6. 6.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) orange (d) blue
  8. 8.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and blue (c) red and yellow (d) yellow and red
  9. 9.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two secondary colours (b) two primary colours (c) three neutral colours (d) black and white
  10. 10.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and yellow (b) red and blue (c) blue and red (d) blue and yellow
  11. 11.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  12. 12.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  13. 13.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  15. 15.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) purple (b) blue (c) yellow (d) red
  16. 16.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) red
  17. 17.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  18. 18.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) purple
  20. 20.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  23. 23.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) green
  24. 24.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  25. 25.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  26. 26.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  27. 27.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  28. 28.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) orange (d) yellow
  31. 31.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  32. 32.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  33. 33.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) orange (c) blue (d) purple
  35. 35.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  36. 36.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  39. 39.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  40. 40.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour

Answer key

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

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