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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 442 · 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 secondary colour? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) green
  2. 2.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  3. 3.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  4. 4.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  7. 7.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  8. 8.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and red (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and red (d) blue and yellow
  11. 11.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  12. 12.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  14. 14.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  15. 15.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and red (b) red and blue (c) blue and red (d) yellow and blue
  19. 19.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) red (d) purple
  20. 20.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow (b) green (c) purple (d) orange
  22. 22.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  23. 23.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) blue
  25. 25.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) orange (b) blue (c) yellow (d) red
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) purple
  27. 27.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and blue (c) red and yellow (d) yellow and blue
  29. 29.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) blue
  30. 30.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  31. 31.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  32. 32.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  34. 34.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  36. 36.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  37. 37.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour

Answer key

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

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