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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 980 · 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.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  2. 2.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and yellow (c) blue and yellow (d) blue and red
  4. 4.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  5. 5.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  7. 7.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) purple (c) blue (d) yellow
  12. 12.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) brown and grey (b) the primary colours (c) the tertiary colours (d) the secondary colours
  16. 16.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red (d) purple
  18. 18.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  19. 19.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and red (c) red and blue (d) yellow and blue
  21. 21.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  22. 22.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  23. 23.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  24. 24.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  25. 25.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) purple (c) orange (d) green
  28. 28.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) red
  29. 29.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  30. 30.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) yellow
  33. 33.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and red (c) yellow and blue (d) red and yellow
  37. 37.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  38. 38.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  39. 39.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour

Answer key

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

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