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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 280 · 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.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green (d) blue
  5. 5.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  6. 6.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  7. 7.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) red (c) green (d) purple
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) green (c) yellow (d) red
  9. 9.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  10. 10.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) orange (c) blue (d) green
  11. 11.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) three neutral colours (b) two secondary colours (c) two primary colours (d) black and white
  12. 12.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  13. 13.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and yellow (c) blue and red (d) red and blue
  14. 14.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  17. 17.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  18. 18.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  20. 20.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) purple (d) green
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green (d) yellow
  22. 22.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  24. 24.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and blue (c) yellow and blue (d) yellow and red
  25. 25.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  26. 26.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  27. 27.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  28. 28.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  29. 29.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) purple (b) blue (c) yellow (d) red
  30. 30.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  32. 32.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  33. 33.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  36. 36.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  37. 37.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  38. 38.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  39. 39.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red

Answer key

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

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