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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 987 · 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 red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  2. 2.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  3. 3.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  5. 5.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  6. 6.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  10. 10.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  11. 11.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) purple
  13. 13.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  14. 14.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  17. 17.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  18. 18.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  19. 19.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  21. 21.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  22. 22.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) blue (d) red
  23. 23.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and yellow (c) yellow and red (d) blue and red
  25. 25.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) green (c) blue (d) yellow
  27. 27.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  28. 28.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) purple (d) blue
  30. 30.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and red (c) blue and yellow (d) red and blue
  32. 32.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs red. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) yellow and blue (c) red and yellow (d) red and blue
  34. 34.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) green (d) red
  36. 36.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) orange (d) green
  39. 39.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the tertiary colours (b) brown and grey (c) the secondary colours (d) the primary colours
  40. 40.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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