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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

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

Answer key

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

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