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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 111 · 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: mixing blue and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) purple (c) yellow (d) orange
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) red
  6. 6.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) orange (c) blue (d) purple
  8. 8.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  11. 11.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) purple (d) blue
  12. 12.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  13. 13.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  14. 14.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  15. 15.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  16. 16.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  17. 17.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  18. 18.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  19. 19.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  20. 20.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) green (c) blue (d) red
  22. 22.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  24. 24.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  25. 25.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  26. 26.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  27. 27.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  28. 28.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) purple
  31. 31.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) green (c) yellow (d) orange
  34. 34.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) red and blue
  36. 36.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) blue and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) yellow and red
  37. 37.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  39. 39.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red

Answer key

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

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