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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 336 · 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? blue + ? = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  2. 2.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  3. 3.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red (b) orange (c) purple (d) green
  4. 4.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) yellow
  6. 6.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  8. 8.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  9. 9.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  11. 11.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green (d) red
  14. 14.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  17. 17.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  18. 18.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the tertiary colours (b) the secondary colours (c) brown and grey (d) the primary colours
  19. 19.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) purple (c) red (d) yellow
  24. 24.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  25. 25.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  26. 26.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) blue (c) green (d) purple
  28. 28.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) blue and red (c) yellow and blue (d) red and yellow
  29. 29.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) green (b) blue (c) yellow (d) red
  31. 31.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs red. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) red and yellow (c) red and blue (d) blue and yellow
  33. 33.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  34. 34.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  35. 35.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) blue (d) orange
  37. 37.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) red (c) orange (d) blue
  39. 39.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and red (b) red and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) red and yellow
  40. 40.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red

Answer key

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

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