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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 925 · 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.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  2. 2.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) purple
  4. 4.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) green (c) yellow (d) blue
  9. 9.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) yellow
  10. 10.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) yellow and blue (d) blue and red
  11. 11.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and yellow (c) blue and red (d) red and blue
  12. 12.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and blue (b) yellow and red (c) blue and red (d) yellow and blue
  14. 14.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  15. 15.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  16. 16.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  17. 17.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) blue (c) red (d) yellow
  19. 19.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  20. 20.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and yellow (c) blue and red (d) red and blue
  21. 21.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  22. 22.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  24. 24.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) red (d) blue
  25. 25.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  26. 26.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  27. 27.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.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
  29. 29.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  31. 31.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  32. 32.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  34. 34.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  35. 35.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) orange (c) blue (d) green
  38. 38.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  39. 39.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) green

Answer key

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

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