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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

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

Answer key

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

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