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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 308 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) blue (d) red
  2. 2.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) red
  5. 5.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  6. 6.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  8. 8.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) red and blue (c) red and yellow (d) blue and yellow
  10. 10.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) blue (d) purple
  11. 11.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  12. 12.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  13. 13.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  14. 14.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) red (d) blue
  16. 16.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and red
  17. 17.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) green (b) red (c) blue (d) yellow
  18. 18.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  19. 19.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and red (d) red and yellow
  20. 20.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  21. 21.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  22. 22.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  24. 24.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two secondary colours (b) three neutral colours (c) two primary colours (d) black and white
  25. 25.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  26. 26.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  27. 27.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) yellow and blue (c) red and blue (d) red and yellow
  28. 28.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  29. 29.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  30. 30.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs red. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red (d) purple
  32. 32.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) yellow (d) orange
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) blue
  35. 35.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  36. 36.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) red (c) orange (d) green
  38. 38.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  39. 39.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red

Answer key

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

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