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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 418 · 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 of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) yellow (c) orange (d) purple
  2. 2.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) yellow
  4. 4.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) two secondary colours (c) two primary colours (d) three neutral colours
  5. 5.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  6. 6.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  8. 8.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  9. 9.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  10. 10.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  11. 11.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  12. 12.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  13. 13.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  14. 14.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  15. 15.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  16. 16.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  17. 17.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) purple
  19. 19.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) orange (d) red
  21. 21.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) yellow and blue (c) red and blue (d) blue and yellow
  22. 22.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and red (c) red and blue (d) blue and yellow
  23. 23.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  25. 25.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) blue (c) purple (d) green
  26. 26.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  27. 27.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  28. 28.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) orange (c) yellow (d) red
  29. 29.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) purple (d) red
  30. 30.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  32. 32.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  34. 34.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red (b) green (c) orange (d) purple
  38. 38.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  39. 39.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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