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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

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

Answer key

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

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