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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 273 · 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 yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  2. 2.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow (b) green (c) purple (d) orange
  3. 3.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  4. 4.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) three neutral colours (b) two secondary colours (c) black and white (d) two primary colours
  5. 5.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  6. 6.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  7. 7.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  8. 8.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  9. 9.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue (c) purple (d) yellow
  12. 12.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and red (c) yellow and blue (d) blue and yellow
  13. 13.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and yellow (c) blue and red (d) red and blue
  15. 15.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  17. 17.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) red (c) purple (d) orange
  18. 18.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  21. 21.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  22. 22.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) purple (c) blue (d) orange
  23. 23.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  24. 24.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  25. 25.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) orange (c) red (d) purple
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) orange
  29. 29.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  30. 30.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  31. 31.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  33. 33.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  34. 34.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and red (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and blue
  35. 35.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) blue and red (d) red and yellow
  37. 37.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) purple (d) green
  39. 39.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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