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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 358 · 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.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  2. 2.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  4. 4.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) blue (c) green (d) purple
  6. 6.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  7. 7.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  8. 8.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  9. 9.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) purple
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) red (c) yellow (d) blue
  11. 11.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  13. 13.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) orange (c) red (d) green
  16. 16.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) yellow
  18. 18.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) blue and red (c) yellow and red (d) yellow and blue
  19. 19.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  20. 20.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and blue (b) yellow and red (c) red and yellow (d) blue and yellow
  22. 22.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  23. 23.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  24. 24.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) two primary colours (c) three neutral colours (d) two secondary colours
  25. 25.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  26. 26.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  28. 28.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) red and blue (c) yellow and blue (d) yellow and red
  29. 29.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and red (b) red and yellow (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and red
  31. 31.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  32. 32.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  34. 34.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  35. 35.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  36. 36.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red (d) orange
  37. 37.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  40. 40.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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