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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 901 · 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 red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  2. 2.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  3. 3.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  4. 4.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and yellow (c) blue and red (d) red and blue
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) orange (c) red (d) green
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) orange (c) red (d) yellow
  7. 7.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  9. 9.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) red (c) orange (d) purple
  10. 10.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  11. 11.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  12. 12.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  13. 13.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  14. 14.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) orange (d) green
  17. 17.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) red and blue (c) red and yellow (d) yellow and blue
  18. 18.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and blue (c) blue and red (d) yellow and red
  19. 19.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  20. 20.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  21. 21.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  23. 23.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  24. 24.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two primary colours (b) two secondary colours (c) three neutral colours (d) black and white
  25. 25.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  27. 27.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) blue (c) red (d) yellow
  29. 29.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) purple (c) orange (d) green
  31. 31.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  32. 32.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  34. 34.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  36. 36.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  37. 37.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  38. 38.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) blue and yellow (c) blue and red (d) red and yellow
  39. 39.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and yellow (c) blue and red (d) yellow and blue
  40. 40.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes green. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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