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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

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

Answer key

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

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