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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 268 · 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 paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  2. 2.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  3. 3.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  4. 4.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) orange (d) red
  6. 6.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) red (d) purple
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) orange (c) red (d) green
  8. 8.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  9. 9.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  10. 10.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  12. 12.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  15. 15.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) purple
  16. 16.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and blue (b) red and yellow (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and blue
  17. 17.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and blue (b) blue and red (c) red and yellow (d) blue and yellow
  20. 20.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) two primary colours (c) two secondary colours (d) three neutral colours
  21. 21.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and blue (b) yellow and red (c) blue and red (d) red and yellow
  22. 22.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and blue (b) blue and red (c) yellow and red (d) blue and yellow
  24. 24.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  25. 25.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  29. 29.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) purple (c) yellow (d) green
  32. 32.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  34. 34.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  35. 35.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  36. 36.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) orange
  39. 39.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) purple (c) blue (d) green

Answer key

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

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