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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 964 · 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 yellow. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) orange (c) blue (d) purple
  3. 3.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and blue (c) red and blue (d) red and yellow
  4. 4.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  6. 6.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  7. 7.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  8. 8.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  9. 9.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  11. 11.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  12. 12.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  13. 13.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  14. 14.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  15. 15.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) three neutral colours (b) black and white (c) two primary colours (d) two secondary colours
  16. 16.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  17. 17.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  18. 18.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the tertiary colours (b) the primary colours (c) brown and grey (d) the secondary colours
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) orange
  20. 20.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  23. 23.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) red and blue (d) red and yellow
  25. 25.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) blue (c) green (d) purple
  28. 28.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  29. 29.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  30. 30.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and blue (b) yellow and red (c) red and yellow (d) blue and red
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) green (c) yellow (d) blue
  32. 32.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  34. 34.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  35. 35.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  36. 36.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) green (d) purple
  38. 38.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) red (d) blue
  39. 39.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and red (b) red and yellow (c) red and blue (d) blue and yellow
  40. 40.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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