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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 97 · 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.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  2. 2.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  5. 5.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  6. 6.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  8. 8.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) green (b) red (c) yellow (d) blue
  9. 9.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) red (c) purple (d) yellow
  10. 10.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  11. 11.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and red (b) blue and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) yellow and red
  12. 12.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  14. 14.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  15. 15.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  17. 17.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and yellow (c) blue and red (d) red and yellow
  18. 18.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  20. 20.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  22. 22.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  24. 24.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  25. 25.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) yellow
  26. 26.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  27. 27.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) green (c) purple (d) orange
  30. 30.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and red (c) yellow and blue (d) red and blue
  31. 31.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  32. 32.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  33. 33.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and blue (b) blue and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) yellow and red
  34. 34.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) yellow
  36. 36.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  37. 37.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  38. 38.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  39. 39.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs red. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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