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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 876 · 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.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) blue (b) orange (c) purple (d) green
  2. 2.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  3. 3.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  4. 4.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the tertiary colours (b) the primary colours (c) the secondary colours (d) brown and grey
  5. 5.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  6. 6.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and yellow (c) blue and red (d) yellow and blue
  12. 12.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  14. 14.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  15. 15.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  17. 17.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  18. 18.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  20. 20.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) green (d) orange
  22. 22.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and blue (c) red and yellow (d) blue and red
  23. 23.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) blue and red (d) blue and yellow
  24. 24.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  26. 26.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  30. 30.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  32. 32.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  33. 33.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  34. 34.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  36. 36.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  37. 37.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) orange (b) blue (c) yellow (d) red
  38. 38.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  39. 39.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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