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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 32 · 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: orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) blue
  3. 3.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  4. 4.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) green (d) red
  6. 6.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  7. 7.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) purple (d) red
  8. 8.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  9. 9.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  10. 10.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) green (d) purple
  11. 11.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) red (d) blue
  12. 12.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  13. 13.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  14. 14.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  15. 15.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) blue and red (c) red and yellow (d) yellow and red
  16. 16.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  18. 18.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  19. 19.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) yellow and blue (c) red and yellow (d) blue and red
  20. 20.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and red (c) blue and yellow (d) red and yellow
  21. 21.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) green (c) red (d) blue
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) red (c) orange (d) purple
  23. 23.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  26. 26.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  27. 27.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  28. 28.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  29. 29.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  30. 30.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the primary colours (b) the tertiary colours (c) brown and grey (d) the secondary colours
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) purple (d) yellow
  33. 33.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red
  36. 36.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  37. 37.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  38. 38.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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