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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 391 · 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 do painters mix with?
  2. 2.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) green (d) purple
  5. 5.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  6. 6.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  7. 7.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) purple
  9. 9.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  10. 10.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) orange (d) red
  12. 12.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) green (c) blue (d) red
  14. 14.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) green (c) orange (d) purple
  16. 16.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  20. 20.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  21. 21.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green (d) yellow
  22. 22.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) three neutral colours (b) black and white (c) two secondary colours (d) two primary colours
  25. 25.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green (d) blue
  26. 26.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  27. 27.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) green (d) blue
  30. 30.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  31. 31.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) red (c) orange (d) blue
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) purple (c) green (d) orange
  33. 33.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  34. 34.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  35. 35.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  36. 36.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  37. 37.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  38. 38.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) red and yellow (c) blue and yellow (d) red and blue
  39. 39.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  40. 40.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) red (c) purple (d) blue

Answer key

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

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