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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 917 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) green (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red
  2. 2.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  3. 3.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  4. 4.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  5. 5.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two secondary colours (b) two primary colours (c) three neutral colours (d) black and white
  7. 7.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  8. 8.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  9. 9.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) blue
  12. 12.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) red and blue
  15. 15.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) red (c) purple (d) green
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) purple (c) yellow (d) green
  17. 17.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  18. 18.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) green
  22. 22.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  23. 23.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  24. 24.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) red and yellow
  26. 26.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  27. 27.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  28. 28.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  34. 34.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  37. 37.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  39. 39.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) orange (c) red (d) yellow

Answer key

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

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