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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 921 · 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 purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and yellow (c) blue and red (d) yellow and red
  2. 2.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and red (d) red and yellow
  5. 5.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) blue (c) green (d) orange
  8. 8.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  12. 12.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  14. 14.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  15. 15.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  16. 16.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) red (c) blue (d) yellow
  21. 21.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  22. 22.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) brown and grey (b) the tertiary colours (c) the secondary colours (d) the primary colours
  24. 24.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  25. 25.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  26. 26.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  27. 27.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) red (c) purple (d) green
  28. 28.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  29. 29.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) yellow and blue (d) red and blue
  30. 30.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and red (d) red and blue
  32. 32.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  34. 34.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  35. 35.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  39. 39.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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