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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 384 · 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 paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  2. 2.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and yellow (c) blue and yellow (d) red and blue
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green (d) blue
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) red (c) green (d) blue
  5. 5.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  6. 6.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) blue (c) orange (d) yellow
  8. 8.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  11. 11.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  14. 14.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  15. 15.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  16. 16.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) orange (d) red
  19. 19.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  22. 22.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  24. 24.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two primary colours (b) two secondary colours (c) three neutral colours (d) black and white
  25. 25.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  26. 26.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and blue (b) blue and red (c) red and yellow (d) yellow and red
  28. 28.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  29. 29.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  30. 30.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red (b) purple (c) orange (d) green
  31. 31.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) blue
  32. 32.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  34. 34.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) yellow
  36. 36.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  38. 38.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  39. 39.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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