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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 298 · 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 yellow and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  3. 3.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  4. 4.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) two secondary colours (c) three neutral colours (d) two primary colours
  5. 5.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  6. 6.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  8. 8.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  9. 9.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  10. 10.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) yellow
  12. 12.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red (b) purple (c) green (d) orange
  13. 13.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) yellow
  14. 14.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) purple (d) red
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) blue (c) yellow (d) red
  16. 16.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  17. 17.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  18. 18.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and yellow (c) blue and yellow (d) red and blue
  19. 19.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) red
  22. 22.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  23. 23.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  24. 24.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) orange (b) blue (c) yellow (d) red
  25. 25.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  26. 26.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  27. 27.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and red (d) red and yellow
  28. 28.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) red and yellow (c) blue and red (d) yellow and blue
  30. 30.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  31. 31.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  32. 32.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  39. 39.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  40. 40.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and red (c) red and blue (d) yellow and blue

Answer key

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

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