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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 408 · 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) yellow (c) red (d) orange
  2. 2.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  3. 3.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and blue (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) red and yellow
  4. 4.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) orange (d) red
  5. 5.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  7. 7.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  8. 8.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  9. 9.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) two secondary colours (c) three neutral colours (d) two primary colours
  10. 10.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  11. 11.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  12. 12.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  15. 15.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  16. 16.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  17. 17.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  18. 18.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  19. 19.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and yellow (c) red and blue (d) yellow and red
  20. 20.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) yellow and blue (c) red and yellow (d) blue and red
  21. 21.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  22. 22.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red (b) orange (c) purple (d) green
  24. 24.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) green (c) blue (d) yellow
  26. 26.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) purple (c) yellow (d) green
  28. 28.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  29. 29.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  30. 30.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) purple (c) yellow (d) red
  34. 34.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and blue (b) blue and yellow (c) yellow and red (d) yellow and blue
  36. 36.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and yellow (c) red and yellow (d) blue and red
  37. 37.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  38. 38.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) blue and yellow (c) yellow and red (d) red and yellow

Answer key

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

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