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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 88 · 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: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) green (c) blue (d) orange
  4. 4.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  5. 5.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) red and yellow (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and blue
  8. 8.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and red (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and blue
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) purple
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) green (d) yellow
  11. 11.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) blue (c) purple (d) green
  12. 12.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  15. 15.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  16. 16.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) three neutral colours (b) two secondary colours (c) two primary colours (d) black and white
  17. 17.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  18. 18.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  21. 21.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the secondary colours (b) the primary colours (c) brown and grey (d) the tertiary colours
  22. 22.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow (b) green (c) purple (d) orange
  23. 23.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) red and yellow
  24. 24.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) red and yellow (c) blue and yellow (d) blue and red
  25. 25.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  26. 26.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  27. 27.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  28. 28.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  29. 29.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  31. 31.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  32. 32.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  33. 33.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  34. 34.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red (d) orange
  37. 37.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  38. 38.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  39. 39.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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