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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 364 · 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 of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) green (c) red (d) blue
  2. 2.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) orange (c) blue (d) green
  4. 4.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  5. 5.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) green (c) red (d) orange
  7. 7.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  8. 8.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the tertiary colours (b) the secondary colours (c) the primary colours (d) brown and grey
  11. 11.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) red (c) orange (d) purple
  12. 12.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and blue (c) yellow and red (d) red and yellow
  13. 13.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  14. 14.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and red (b) red and yellow (c) blue and yellow (d) red and blue
  15. 15.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) red and blue
  16. 16.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) two primary colours (c) three neutral colours (d) two secondary colours
  17. 17.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  18. 18.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) blue (c) orange (d) green
  20. 20.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  23. 23.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and blue (b) yellow and red (c) blue and red (d) red and blue
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) red (c) blue (d) yellow
  26. 26.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  28. 28.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  29. 29.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) red (d) blue
  31. 31.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  33. 33.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  35. 35.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  36. 36.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  37. 37.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  39. 39.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue

Answer key

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

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