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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 198 · 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) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) green
  3. 3.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs red. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) purple (b) blue (c) red (d) yellow
  11. 11.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and blue (b) yellow and blue (c) red and yellow (d) blue and yellow
  12. 12.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  13. 13.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  14. 14.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) three neutral colours (b) two primary colours (c) two secondary colours (d) black and white
  15. 15.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) purple (c) yellow (d) green
  16. 16.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) orange
  17. 17.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  19. 19.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) red (c) purple (d) orange
  22. 22.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  23. 23.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  24. 24.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and red (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and blue
  25. 25.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  26. 26.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  28. 28.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  30. 30.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  31. 31.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  33. 33.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  34. 34.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  35. 35.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  37. 37.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) red (c) green (d) blue
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red (d) purple
  39. 39.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  40. 40.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) red (d) orange

Answer key

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

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