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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 286 · 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: mixing blue and yellow paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  3. 3.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  4. 4.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and blue (b) red and yellow (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and blue
  5. 5.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  6. 6.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) red (c) blue (d) yellow
  8. 8.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) blue and red (c) blue and yellow (d) red and yellow
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) green (c) yellow (d) purple
  10. 10.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  11. 11.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  12. 12.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) orange (c) blue (d) green
  13. 13.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and red (d) yellow and red
  14. 14.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  16. 16.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) orange (c) green (d) purple
  18. 18.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  21. 21.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  22. 22.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) yellow
  23. 23.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and yellow (c) blue and red (d) red and yellow
  24. 24.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  25. 25.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  26. 26.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  27. 27.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  29. 29.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  31. 31.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) green
  33. 33.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  34. 34.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) blue and red (c) yellow and red (d) red and blue
  36. 36.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and red (d) red and yellow
  37. 37.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  38. 38.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  39. 39.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue

Answer key

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

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