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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 942 · 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: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) orange
  3. 3.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  4. 4.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) three neutral colours (b) two secondary colours (c) black and white (d) two primary colours
  5. 5.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  10. 10.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) red
  11. 11.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  12. 12.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  13. 13.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and yellow (c) blue and yellow (d) red and blue
  14. 14.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue (c) green (d) yellow
  16. 16.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) purple
  18. 18.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the secondary colours (b) the primary colours (c) the tertiary colours (d) brown and grey
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green (d) blue
  20. 20.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  21. 21.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  22. 22.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  24. 24.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) blue and red (d) blue and yellow
  25. 25.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  28. 28.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) red and yellow (c) blue and red (d) blue and yellow
  29. 29.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  30. 30.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) blue (d) orange
  31. 31.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  34. 34.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  36. 36.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  37. 37.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and blue (c) yellow and red (d) yellow and blue
  39. 39.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green

Answer key

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

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