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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 256 · 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.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue (c) purple (d) yellow
  3. 3.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  6. 6.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  8. 8.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  9. 9.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  11. 11.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  15. 15.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  18. 18.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  19. 19.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and red (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and blue
  20. 20.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  22. 22.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  23. 23.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  25. 25.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  26. 26.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) blue (c) orange (d) purple
  29. 29.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  30. 30.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) blue (b) green (c) purple (d) orange
  31. 31.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  32. 32.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  33. 33.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) orange (c) green (d) purple
  35. 35.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and red (b) blue and yellow (c) red and yellow (d) yellow and red
  36. 36.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs red. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red
  39. 39.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  40. 40.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow

Answer key

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

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