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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 341 · 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 green? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  2. 2.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) orange (c) yellow (d) red
  5. 5.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  6. 6.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) orange (d) green
  8. 8.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) red
  9. 9.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  10. 10.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) green
  11. 11.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  14. 14.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  15. 15.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) red and yellow (d) blue and red
  16. 16.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) three neutral colours (b) black and white (c) two secondary colours (d) two primary colours
  17. 17.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) red and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) red and yellow
  18. 18.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  19. 19.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  20. 20.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) orange (c) blue (d) purple
  22. 22.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) orange (c) red (d) purple
  24. 24.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) purple (c) blue (d) yellow
  27. 27.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  28. 28.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  29. 29.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) blue
  30. 30.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) purple (b) blue (c) yellow (d) red
  31. 31.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  32. 32.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  33. 33.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) orange
  35. 35.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  39. 39.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  40. 40.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and blue (b) yellow and red (c) yellow and blue (d) red and yellow

Answer key

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

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