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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 948 · 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) red and yellow (b) red and blue (c) yellow and blue (d) yellow and red
  2. 2.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  3. 3.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  4. 4.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red (b) purple (c) green (d) orange
  6. 6.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  11. 11.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  12. 12.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  13. 13.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  15. 15.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  19. 19.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and red (b) yellow and blue (c) red and blue (d) blue and yellow
  20. 20.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) green (d) orange
  22. 22.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  23. 23.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two primary colours (b) black and white (c) two secondary colours (d) three neutral colours
  24. 24.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
  25. 25.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  26. 26.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  27. 27.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) green (c) blue (d) red
  28. 28.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  29. 29.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) yellow (c) purple (d) orange
  30. 30.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  32. 32.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  34. 34.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) purple (d) yellow
  36. 36.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  38. 38.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) orange (d) yellow
  40. 40.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow

Answer key

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

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