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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 110 · 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: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  3. 3.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  4. 4.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  5. 5.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) blue and red (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and red
  7. 7.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) purple (c) blue (d) yellow
  9. 9.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) yellow and blue (c) red and blue (d) red and yellow
  10. 10.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  11. 11.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  12. 12.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  13. 13.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  15. 15.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  17. 17.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) red and yellow
  18. 18.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  19. 19.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) green (c) red (d) purple
  21. 21.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) purple (c) yellow (d) orange
  25. 25.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  26. 26.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  27. 27.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) orange (c) red (d) green
  28. 28.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  32. 32.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) yellow (d) purple
  39. 39.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red

Answer key

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

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