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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

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

Answer key

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

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