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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 187 · 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 green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  2. 2.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  3. 3.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) green (c) yellow (d) orange
  5. 5.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) red and blue (c) yellow and blue (d) yellow and red
  6. 6.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  7. 7.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) red and yellow (c) blue and red (d) yellow and blue
  10. 10.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  12. 12.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  14. 14.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and yellow (c) red and yellow (d) red and blue
  15. 15.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  16. 16.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  17. 17.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  18. 18.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  19. 19.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) red (c) orange (d) purple
  20. 20.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green (d) yellow
  21. 21.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  22. 22.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) blue and red (c) red and blue (d) red and yellow
  25. 25.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) red (c) blue (d) yellow
  28. 28.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) orange (d) red
  30. 30.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  34. 34.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  35. 35.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) orange (c) green (d) purple
  39. 39.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) blue (c) yellow (d) red

Answer key

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

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