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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 916 · 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: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  3. 3.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  4. 4.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) orange
  6. 6.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) blue
  7. 7.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  8. 8.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and yellow (c) red and blue (d) yellow and red
  11. 11.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  12. 12.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) yellow and blue (c) red and yellow (d) blue and red
  13. 13.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  14. 14.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) orange (c) yellow (d) purple
  17. 17.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  18. 18.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  19. 19.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  22. 22.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  24. 24.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  25. 25.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  28. 28.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow (c) green (d) blue
  32. 32.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) purple (d) red
  38. 38.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  39. 39.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  40. 40.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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