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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 966 · 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 ? + blue = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) three neutral colours (c) two primary colours (d) two secondary colours
  5. 5.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) green (d) blue
  6. 6.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) red and blue (d) red and yellow
  7. 7.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) purple (c) yellow (d) blue
  10. 10.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) orange (b) red (c) yellow (d) blue
  11. 11.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  12. 12.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  13. 13.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  14. 14.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  15. 15.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) blue (d) purple
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) orange
  17. 17.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and blue (c) red and blue (d) yellow and red
  18. 18.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  20. 20.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  21. 21.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) red and yellow (d) blue and red
  23. 23.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  26. 26.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  27. 27.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  28. 28.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  29. 29.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  34. 34.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) green
  38. 38.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  39. 39.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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