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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 385 · 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) blue (b) green (c) yellow (d) red
  2. 2.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) yellow and blue (d) blue and red
  5. 5.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  6. 6.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  7. 7.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) orange (c) blue (d) yellow
  8. 8.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red (b) orange (c) green (d) purple
  9. 9.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  10. 10.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) yellow (d) orange
  11. 11.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two secondary colours (b) two primary colours (c) black and white (d) three neutral colours
  13. 13.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) purple (c) blue (d) yellow
  15. 15.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) red (c) purple (d) yellow
  16. 16.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) blue
  18. 18.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  19. 19.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  20. 20.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  21. 21.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) red and blue (d) blue and yellow
  22. 22.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  23. 23.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  25. 25.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  27. 27.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) yellow
  31. 31.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  32. 32.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  33. 33.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  34. 34.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  35. 35.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and blue (c) yellow and blue (d) yellow and red
  37. 37.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  38. 38.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  39. 39.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) blue and yellow (d) red and blue

Answer key

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

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