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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 245 · 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 purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  2. 2.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) green (b) blue (c) red (d) yellow
  3. 3.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  5. 5.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  9. 9.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  12. 12.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) blue and red (c) yellow and blue (d) red and yellow
  13. 13.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  15. 15.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  16. 16.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) red
  18. 18.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) red
  19. 19.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) blue (c) orange (d) purple
  21. 21.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  23. 23.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red (d) orange
  26. 26.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  28. 28.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  30. 30.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) yellow
  31. 31.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue (c) purple (d) yellow
  33. 33.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  34. 34.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and red (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and red (d) blue and yellow
  35. 35.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  37. 37.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  38. 38.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  39. 39.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue

Answer key

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

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