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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 118 · 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 red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  4. 4.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  5. 5.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  6. 6.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red
  9. 9.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  10. 10.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) orange
  11. 11.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) purple (c) yellow (d) green
  12. 12.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and yellow (c) blue and red (d) yellow and blue
  13. 13.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  14. 14.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  17. 17.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  18. 18.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  20. 20.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and yellow (c) blue and red (d) red and yellow
  22. 22.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) blue (c) green (d) purple
  23. 23.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) purple (c) yellow (d) blue
  24. 24.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) green (b) red (c) blue (d) yellow
  26. 26.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  28. 28.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  30. 30.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  31. 31.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  32. 32.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  33. 33.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  34. 34.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  35. 35.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  39. 39.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  40. 40.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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