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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

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

Answer key

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

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