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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

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

Answer key

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

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