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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 327 · 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 paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  2. 2.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  3. 3.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  8. 8.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) three neutral colours (b) two secondary colours (c) black and white (d) two primary colours
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) purple
  11. 11.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) yellow
  12. 12.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  13. 13.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  14. 14.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) red (c) green (d) purple
  15. 15.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  16. 16.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and yellow (c) red and blue (d) yellow and blue
  18. 18.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  19. 19.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the tertiary colours (b) the primary colours (c) brown and grey (d) the secondary colours
  20. 20.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) green
  21. 21.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) yellow and red (c) yellow and blue (d) red and yellow
  22. 22.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and red (c) red and yellow (d) yellow and blue
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) green (c) blue (d) orange
  24. 24.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) blue and red
  25. 25.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  26. 26.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  27. 27.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) blue (c) orange (d) green
  28. 28.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  29. 29.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  30. 30.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs red. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  34. 34.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  35. 35.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  36. 36.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs red. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) green (c) purple (d) orange
  39. 39.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  40. 40.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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