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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 272 · 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? ? + yellow = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  2. 2.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  3. 3.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) red (c) purple (d) blue
  5. 5.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) brown and grey (b) the secondary colours (c) the primary colours (d) the tertiary colours
  6. 6.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and red (b) red and yellow (c) red and blue (d) blue and yellow
  7. 7.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  8. 8.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  9. 9.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red (b) green (c) orange (d) purple
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) green (d) purple
  11. 11.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) green
  13. 13.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  14. 14.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) green
  16. 16.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  20. 20.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) blue and red (d) yellow and blue
  24. 24.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  26. 26.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) three neutral colours (b) black and white (c) two primary colours (d) two secondary colours
  29. 29.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  31. 31.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and blue (b) yellow and red (c) red and yellow (d) red and blue
  32. 32.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) blue and yellow
  34. 34.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  35. 35.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  37. 37.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  39. 39.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) orange
  40. 40.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour

Answer key

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

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