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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 323 · 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 of these is a primary colour? (a) red (b) green (c) orange (d) purple
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) purple (c) orange (d) green
  3. 3.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  5. 5.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  6. 6.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  7. 7.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) blue (c) red (d) yellow
  9. 9.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  10. 10.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) two secondary colours (c) two primary colours (d) three neutral colours
  12. 12.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  13. 13.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  14. 14.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  15. 15.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) blue and red (c) yellow and blue (d) red and yellow
  17. 17.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  18. 18.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) red and blue (c) yellow and blue (d) blue and yellow
  19. 19.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) blue (c) yellow (d) red
  21. 21.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  24. 24.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) purple (c) blue (d) green
  26. 26.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) purple (c) yellow (d) red
  27. 27.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  28. 28.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  31. 31.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  33. 33.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  34. 34.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  36. 36.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  37. 37.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  39. 39.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  40. 40.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple

Answer key

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

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