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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 387 · 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) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) red
  2. 2.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) blue and red (d) blue and yellow
  3. 3.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
  4. 4.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  5. 5.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  6. 6.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  8. 8.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) red (c) orange (d) purple
  9. 9.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) blue and red
  10. 10.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  11. 11.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) purple (d) green
  12. 12.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  13. 13.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  15. 15.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  16. 16.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) yellow
  18. 18.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  20. 20.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two primary colours (b) black and white (c) two secondary colours (d) three neutral colours
  21. 21.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) red (d) blue
  24. 24.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  25. 25.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and yellow (c) red and blue (d) blue and red
  26. 26.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  28. 28.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  29. 29.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  30. 30.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  31. 31.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  32. 32.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: yellow is a primary 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 yellow and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and blue (c) yellow and red (d) red and yellow
  38. 38.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  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 red + ? = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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