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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 119 · 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.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  2. 2.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  4. 4.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  5. 5.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green (d) red
  7. 7.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) two secondary colours (c) two primary colours (d) three neutral colours
  8. 8.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  9. 9.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  11. 11.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) blue
  13. 13.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  14. 14.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) red and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and blue
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) red (c) purple (d) blue
  16. 16.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) green (c) blue (d) purple
  18. 18.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  19. 19.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  20. 20.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) green (c) yellow (d) blue
  22. 22.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  23. 23.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  24. 24.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  25. 25.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) orange
  26. 26.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  27. 27.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and yellow (c) red and blue (d) yellow and blue
  28. 28.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) green (c) orange (d) purple
  30. 30.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  32. 32.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and blue (c) yellow and red (d) blue and yellow
  34. 34.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and red (b) blue and yellow (c) red and yellow (d) yellow and red
  37. 37.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  38. 38.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  39. 39.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow

Answer key

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

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