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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 419 · 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 = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  2. 2.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  3. 3.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  4. 4.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  5. 5.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  6. 6.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs red. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  8. 8.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  10. 10.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  13. 13.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) yellow and red (d) red and blue
  14. 14.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  15. 15.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  17. 17.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and blue (c) red and yellow (d) yellow and red
  19. 19.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  20. 20.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  23. 23.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  24. 24.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two secondary colours (b) two primary colours (c) black and white (d) three neutral colours
  28. 28.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) green (c) red (d) blue
  30. 30.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  31. 31.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  32. 32.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  33. 33.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and red (c) red and yellow (d) yellow and blue
  34. 34.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  35. 35.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  36. 36.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) red (d) purple
  37. 37.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  38. 38.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) orange
  40. 40.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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