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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 103 · 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: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  3. 3.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) red (c) orange (d) green
  5. 5.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) red (c) green (d) purple
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green (d) yellow
  8. 8.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  9. 9.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  10. 10.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) yellow (c) orange (d) purple
  12. 12.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) red and yellow
  13. 13.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  14. 14.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  15. 15.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  16. 16.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two secondary colours (b) two primary colours (c) three neutral colours (d) black and white
  17. 17.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  18. 18.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  19. 19.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) orange
  20. 20.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) purple
  21. 21.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  23. 23.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and red (b) red and yellow (c) red and blue (d) yellow and blue
  24. 24.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  25. 25.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) blue (c) orange (d) green
  26. 26.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  27. 27.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  28. 28.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  31. 31.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) red (d) blue
  33. 33.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and blue (b) yellow and blue (c) yellow and red (d) blue and yellow
  34. 34.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) blue and red (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and red
  35. 35.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  36. 36.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  37. 37.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  40. 40.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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