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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 417 · 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 paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  2. 2.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  3. 3.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) blue (b) purple (c) orange (d) green
  6. 6.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  8. 8.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  10. 10.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  13. 13.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) brown and grey (b) the tertiary colours (c) the secondary colours (d) the primary colours
  14. 14.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  15. 15.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and blue (b) blue and yellow (c) yellow and red (d) blue and red
  16. 16.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  17. 17.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) green (c) yellow (d) purple
  19. 19.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  20. 20.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  21. 21.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) red (c) purple (d) green
  26. 26.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  27. 27.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and red (c) blue and yellow (d) red and yellow
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) orange
  29. 29.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green (d) blue
  33. 33.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  35. 35.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  38. 38.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  39. 39.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  40. 40.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour

Answer key

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

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