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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 321 · 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 primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  2. 2.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  4. 4.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  5. 5.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) blue
  8. 8.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  11. 11.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  12. 12.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  16. 16.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  17. 17.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) blue and red (c) red and blue (d) red and yellow
  18. 18.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and yellow (c) yellow and red (d) red and blue
  19. 19.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  22. 22.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) yellow (c) orange (d) purple
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) purple
  25. 25.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and blue (b) blue and red (c) yellow and red (d) yellow and blue
  26. 26.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red (d) green
  27. 27.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) blue (c) green (d) orange
  30. 30.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two secondary colours (b) two primary colours (c) three neutral colours (d) black and white
  31. 31.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) yellow and red (d) blue and red
  32. 32.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  34. 34.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) green
  36. 36.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  37. 37.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  39. 39.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  40. 40.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour

Answer key

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

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