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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 378 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) orange (c) red (d) green
  2. 2.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  3. 3.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  4. 4.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  6. 6.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs red. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  9. 9.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  10. 10.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  11. 11.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  12. 12.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  13. 13.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and blue (c) yellow and red (d) blue and yellow
  14. 14.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  15. 15.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) green (c) blue (d) yellow
  18. 18.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  21. 21.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  22. 22.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) purple
  23. 23.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  25. 25.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) purple
  28. 28.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) orange (c) red (d) green
  29. 29.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  30. 30.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  32. 32.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  33. 33.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  34. 34.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  38. 38.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  39. 39.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  40. 40.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange

Answer key

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

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