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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 115 · 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 yellow and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) red (c) blue (d) yellow
  4. 4.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  5. 5.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) red and blue
  7. 7.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  8. 8.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and blue (c) red and blue (d) red and yellow
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) green
  13. 13.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  14. 14.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  15. 15.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) yellow and blue (d) blue and red
  17. 17.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) blue and yellow (c) red and yellow (d) blue and red
  18. 18.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) red and yellow (c) red and blue (d) yellow and blue
  19. 19.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and red (c) red and blue (d) yellow and blue
  20. 20.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) blue
  21. 21.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) purple (d) red
  23. 23.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  25. 25.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  26. 26.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  27. 27.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  28. 28.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  30. 30.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red (b) purple (c) green (d) orange
  31. 31.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  32. 32.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) yellow
  34. 34.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  35. 35.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  36. 36.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  38. 38.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  39. 39.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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