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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 295 · 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.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) two secondary colours (c) three neutral colours (d) two primary colours
  2. 2.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  4. 4.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  5. 5.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  7. 7.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and red (b) blue and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) red and yellow
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) red (c) green (d) blue
  10. 10.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  13. 13.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  14. 14.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  15. 15.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and blue (b) yellow and red (c) red and yellow (d) red and blue
  16. 16.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  18. 18.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  19. 19.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  20. 20.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  23. 23.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and red (b) red and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and blue
  25. 25.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red (d) orange
  27. 27.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) red
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) green (d) orange
  29. 29.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) purple (b) blue (c) red (d) yellow
  35. 35.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) purple (d) green
  36. 36.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  37. 37.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  38. 38.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  40. 40.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?

Answer key

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

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