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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 985 · 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.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  2. 2.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  3. 3.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  5. 5.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  7. 7.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and red (b) blue and yellow (c) red and blue (d) red and yellow
  8. 8.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  9. 9.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  10. 10.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  11. 11.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  14. 14.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) purple (d) red
  16. 16.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  17. 17.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) blue (d) orange
  18. 18.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  19. 19.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and red (c) blue and yellow (d) red and blue
  20. 20.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  21. 21.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and blue (c) red and yellow (d) yellow and red
  22. 22.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  23. 23.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  25. 25.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  28. 28.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  29. 29.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the primary colours (b) the tertiary colours (c) brown and grey (d) the secondary colours
  32. 32.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) red and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and blue
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) orange
  35. 35.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  36. 36.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) yellow (c) orange (d) purple
  38. 38.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) red (d) blue
  40. 40.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple

Answer key

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

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