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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 89 · 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.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) orange
  3. 3.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) red and yellow (c) blue and red (d) yellow and blue
  4. 4.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  5. 5.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  10. 10.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) red and yellow (c) blue and yellow (d) red and blue
  11. 11.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  12. 12.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) blue and yellow (c) yellow and red (d) blue and red
  14. 14.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  16. 16.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  17. 17.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) three neutral colours (b) black and white (c) two secondary colours (d) two primary colours
  18. 18.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  19. 19.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) purple (d) red
  22. 22.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) blue and yellow (c) yellow and red (d) red and blue
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) orange (c) red (d) green
  25. 25.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) green (d) purple
  27. 27.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  28. 28.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the secondary colours (b) brown and grey (c) the tertiary colours (d) the primary colours
  29. 29.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  31. 31.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  32. 32.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) purple (d) red
  35. 35.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) red and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) red and yellow
  36. 36.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  38. 38.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple

Answer key

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

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