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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 316 · 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.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  2. 2.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  4. 4.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) blue and yellow (c) red and blue (d) red and yellow
  5. 5.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  6. 6.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) red and blue (c) yellow and blue (d) red and yellow
  7. 7.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow (b) green (c) orange (d) purple
  8. 8.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and red (c) red and yellow (d) yellow and blue
  9. 9.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) red
  10. 10.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  11. 11.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) red and blue (d) blue and yellow
  12. 12.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) green
  14. 14.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  15. 15.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  16. 16.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs red. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) blue (d) purple
  18. 18.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  19. 19.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  20. 20.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  22. 22.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  25. 25.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  28. 28.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) purple (c) green (d) orange
  32. 32.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) three neutral colours (b) black and white (c) two primary colours (d) two secondary colours
  33. 33.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  36. 36.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  38. 38.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  39. 39.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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