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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 333 · 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.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  2. 2.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  4. 4.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  6. 6.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  7. 7.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) orange (c) blue (d) green
  9. 9.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  10. 10.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  11. 11.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  12. 12.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) green (c) blue (d) yellow
  13. 13.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  16. 16.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  17. 17.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow (c) orange (d) blue
  19. 19.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and red (b) red and blue (c) blue and red (d) blue and yellow
  20. 20.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) red (d) blue
  21. 21.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  22. 22.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  25. 25.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue (c) purple (d) yellow
  27. 27.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  29. 29.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  32. 32.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) green (d) purple
  35. 35.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two secondary colours (b) three neutral colours (c) two primary colours (d) black and white
  38. 38.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  39. 39.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  40. 40.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) blue and red (d) yellow and blue

Answer key

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

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