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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 910 · 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 two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and blue (b) red and yellow (c) blue and red (d) blue and yellow
  2. 2.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  3. 3.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
  4. 4.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  5. 5.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) purple (d) green
  6. 6.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  7. 7.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  8. 8.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  9. 9.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) orange (c) red (d) green
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) orange
  12. 12.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  14. 14.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red (d) purple
  16. 16.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two primary colours (b) three neutral colours (c) two secondary colours (d) black and white
  17. 17.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) red (d) blue
  19. 19.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  20. 20.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and blue (c) yellow and red (d) blue and yellow
  22. 22.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and red (c) blue and yellow (d) red and yellow
  23. 23.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and yellow (c) blue and red (d) yellow and red
  24. 24.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  25. 25.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) blue (c) yellow (d) red
  27. 27.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  29. 29.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  30. 30.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  31. 31.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  33. 33.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  34. 34.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  35. 35.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  38. 38.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) blue (b) green (c) orange (d) purple
  39. 39.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  40. 40.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue

Answer key

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

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