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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 976 · 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 yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  2. 2.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and blue (b) blue and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) yellow and red
  3. 3.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  5. 5.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  6. 6.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and blue (b) red and yellow (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and blue
  9. 9.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) blue
  10. 10.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  11. 11.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) red (c) purple (d) green
  13. 13.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  15. 15.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) orange (d) red
  17. 17.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and red (c) yellow and red (d) yellow and blue
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) green (c) red (d) blue
  19. 19.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) blue and yellow (c) red and yellow (d) yellow and blue
  20. 20.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  21. 21.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  22. 22.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) purple (c) yellow (d) orange
  23. 23.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  24. 24.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow (c) purple (d) blue
  26. 26.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) purple (b) red (c) yellow (d) blue
  27. 27.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  28. 28.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  32. 32.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and yellow (b) blue and red (c) red and blue (d) red and yellow
  33. 33.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  35. 35.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red (d) orange
  36. 36.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  38. 38.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  39. 39.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple

Answer key

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

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