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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 883 · 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: orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  3. 3.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) red
  6. 6.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) yellow
  8. 8.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and red (b) blue and yellow (c) red and blue (d) yellow and red
  9. 9.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  10. 10.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  11. 11.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) blue (d) red
  14. 14.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) red
  16. 16.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  18. 18.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  19. 19.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  20. 20.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and red (d) red and yellow
  21. 21.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  22. 22.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs red. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  25. 25.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  28. 28.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) yellow (c) orange (d) purple
  30. 30.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red
  31. 31.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  32. 32.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  33. 33.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) blue
  35. 35.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  36. 36.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) red and yellow (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and blue
  37. 37.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) three neutral colours (c) two primary colours (d) two secondary colours
  40. 40.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple

Answer key

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

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