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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

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

Answer key

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

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