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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 251 · 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.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  2. 2.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  3. 3.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) green (c) red (d) orange
  6. 6.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and yellow (b) red and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and blue
  7. 7.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) red
  8. 8.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  9. 9.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  10. 10.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  11. 11.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) yellow (d) orange
  12. 12.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  13. 13.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  16. 16.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  18. 18.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  20. 20.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  23. 23.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) blue
  25. 25.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  28. 28.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) green (b) red (c) yellow (d) blue
  29. 29.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) orange (d) red
  30. 30.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  31. 31.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  35. 35.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  37. 37.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and red (c) blue and yellow (d) red and blue
  39. 39.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  40. 40.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green

Answer key

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

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