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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 404 · 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 two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and red (b) red and yellow (c) red and blue (d) yellow and blue
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue (c) green (d) yellow
  3. 3.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) red (c) purple (d) yellow
  5. 5.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and yellow (b) blue and red (c) red and yellow (d) yellow and red
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) orange (d) yellow
  7. 7.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  9. 9.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) orange (c) purple (d) green
  11. 11.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) yellow
  12. 12.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  13. 13.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  16. 16.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  17. 17.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) three neutral colours (b) black and white (c) two primary colours (d) two secondary colours
  18. 18.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  20. 20.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  21. 21.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  22. 22.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and yellow (b) red and blue (c) yellow and blue (d) blue and yellow
  25. 25.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  29. 29.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  30. 30.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) orange (c) red (d) green
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) blue (c) red (d) yellow
  33. 33.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  34. 34.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  35. 35.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red (d) green
  38. 38.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  39. 39.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) purple (d) green

Answer key

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

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