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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 955 · 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: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  3. 3.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  4. 4.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  6. 6.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  8. 8.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two secondary colours (b) black and white (c) two primary colours (d) three neutral colours
  9. 9.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) blue and red (c) red and blue (d) yellow and red
  12. 12.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) orange (c) red (d) yellow
  16. 16.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) orange (c) yellow (d) green
  17. 17.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) red and yellow (c) blue and red (d) yellow and blue
  19. 19.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  20. 20.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) red and blue (d) yellow and red
  21. 21.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) red and yellow (c) blue and yellow (d) blue and red
  22. 22.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  24. 24.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) purple (d) red
  25. 25.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) yellow
  29. 29.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  30. 30.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  31. 31.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  32. 32.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) blue (c) purple (d) orange
  33. 33.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  34. 34.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) blue (c) yellow (d) red
  36. 36.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and yellow (c) blue and red (d) red and blue
  38. 38.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  39. 39.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  40. 40.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) red (d) purple

Answer key

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

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