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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

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

Answer key

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

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