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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 977 · 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: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) red (c) blue (d) yellow
  3. 3.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  5. 5.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  6. 6.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  9. 9.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) orange
  11. 11.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) blue (c) orange (d) purple
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) purple
  13. 13.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and red (c) red and blue (d) yellow and blue
  14. 14.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) purple
  15. 15.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) red
  16. 16.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  21. 21.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the primary colours (b) the secondary colours (c) brown and grey (d) the tertiary colours
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) orange (d) green
  23. 23.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  25. 25.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  27. 27.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  30. 30.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  31. 31.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  33. 33.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  36. 36.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  37. 37.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  38. 38.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) blue and yellow (c) red and blue (d) red and yellow
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) blue
  40. 40.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red

Answer key

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

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