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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 881 · 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) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) red
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) green (c) red (d) blue
  3. 3.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) orange
  5. 5.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  6. 6.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) purple (c) yellow (d) red
  8. 8.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  9. 9.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) green (c) yellow (d) red
  11. 11.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) orange (b) red (c) yellow (d) blue
  13. 13.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  14. 14.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  15. 15.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  16. 16.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and blue (b) yellow and blue (c) yellow and red (d) red and yellow
  17. 17.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  18. 18.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  19. 19.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) blue (c) purple (d) orange
  20. 20.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  21. 21.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and red (c) yellow and blue (d) red and yellow
  23. 23.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) purple (c) yellow (d) green
  24. 24.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  25. 25.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the tertiary colours (b) the primary colours (c) brown and grey (d) the secondary colours
  27. 27.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  29. 29.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red (d) purple
  30. 30.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  32. 32.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  33. 33.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  34. 34.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  36. 36.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  37. 37.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  38. 38.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and blue (c) yellow and red (d) blue and yellow

Answer key

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

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