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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 307 · 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: blue is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  4. 4.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  6. 6.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  7. 7.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  8. 8.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) yellow (c) orange (d) purple
  9. 9.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  10. 10.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) blue (c) yellow (d) red
  12. 12.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  13. 13.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  14. 14.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  15. 15.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) red
  16. 16.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) blue and yellow (d) red and blue
  17. 17.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  19. 19.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  20. 20.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and yellow (c) blue and red (d) red and blue
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) blue (c) orange (d) green
  22. 22.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  25. 25.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) green (c) red (d) orange
  27. 27.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and red (b) red and blue (c) red and yellow (d) yellow and blue
  28. 28.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) blue and red (c) yellow and red (d) red and yellow
  29. 29.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) two primary colours (c) two secondary colours (d) three neutral colours
  30. 30.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  31. 31.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and red (b) red and blue (c) yellow and red (d) blue and yellow
  32. 32.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) orange (d) red
  33. 33.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) orange (c) red (d) yellow
  35. 35.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  36. 36.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  38. 38.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  39. 39.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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