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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 379 · 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) red (b) orange (c) green (d) purple
  2. 2.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  3. 3.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) orange (c) red (d) green
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) purple
  5. 5.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  7. 7.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  9. 9.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  10. 10.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  12. 12.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) green (d) purple
  14. 14.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) purple (c) yellow (d) red
  16. 16.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  18. 18.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) brown and grey (b) the secondary colours (c) the tertiary colours (d) the primary colours
  21. 21.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) blue and red (c) blue and yellow (d) red and yellow
  22. 22.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  24. 24.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  25. 25.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  27. 27.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  28. 28.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  30. 30.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  32. 32.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) orange (d) red
  33. 33.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  37. 37.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) red and yellow
  39. 39.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  40. 40.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) blue (c) green (d) orange

Answer key

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

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