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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 914 · 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) yellow and red (b) blue and yellow (c) red and blue (d) blue and red
  2. 2.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  3. 3.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) purple
  4. 4.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) red (c) purple (d) green
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) green (c) yellow (d) purple
  8. 8.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  10. 10.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and yellow (b) blue and red (c) yellow and red (d) red and blue
  11. 11.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  12. 12.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and red (c) red and blue (d) yellow and blue
  15. 15.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) red and yellow (c) red and blue (d) blue and yellow
  16. 16.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) blue (d) red
  17. 17.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  18. 18.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  19. 19.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  21. 21.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  25. 25.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and yellow (c) blue and red (d) yellow and red
  26. 26.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  27. 27.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  28. 28.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  29. 29.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  32. 32.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the secondary colours (b) the tertiary colours (c) the primary colours (d) brown and grey
  33. 33.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  34. 34.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) yellow
  35. 35.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) blue (c) green (d) orange
  36. 36.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue (c) green (d) yellow
  38. 38.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  39. 39.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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