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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 262 · 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.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) red and blue
  2. 2.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  3. 3.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) red (c) orange (d) green
  4. 4.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  5. 5.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  6. 6.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  7. 7.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and red (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and blue
  9. 9.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  10. 10.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  12. 12.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  13. 13.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) yellow
  14. 14.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  15. 15.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  16. 16.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  17. 17.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  18. 18.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  20. 20.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) orange
  21. 21.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  22. 22.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  24. 24.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  26. 26.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  30. 30.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) orange (d) green
  32. 32.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs red. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  37. 37.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  38. 38.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  39. 39.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?

Answer key

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

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