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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 380 · 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) blue (c) yellow (d) purple
  2. 2.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) orange (c) yellow (d) green
  3. 3.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and blue (b) blue and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) yellow and red
  4. 4.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  5. 5.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  6. 6.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and yellow (b) blue and red (c) red and yellow (d) yellow and red
  7. 7.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  12. 12.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  13. 13.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  14. 14.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two secondary colours (b) black and white (c) two primary colours (d) three neutral colours
  15. 15.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue (c) green (d) yellow
  17. 17.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  19. 19.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  22. 22.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  24. 24.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) blue
  25. 25.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  26. 26.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the secondary colours (b) brown and grey (c) the primary colours (d) the tertiary colours
  27. 27.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  28. 28.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  29. 29.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  31. 31.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red (b) green (c) purple (d) orange
  33. 33.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) purple
  34. 34.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  35. 35.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  37. 37.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and red (d) red and yellow
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) green (c) yellow (d) purple
  39. 39.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  40. 40.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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