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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 449 · 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.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) red
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) red (d) blue
  4. 4.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and blue (b) blue and red (c) red and blue (d) red and yellow
  6. 6.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and yellow (c) blue and red (d) red and blue
  7. 7.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) green (b) blue (c) yellow (d) red
  9. 9.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) blue (c) orange (d) purple
  10. 10.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and yellow (c) blue and red (d) blue and yellow
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) orange
  12. 12.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  13. 13.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  14. 14.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  16. 16.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  17. 17.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  18. 18.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) red
  19. 19.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  24. 24.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and red (c) red and yellow (d) blue and yellow
  26. 26.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) three neutral colours (b) two primary colours (c) two secondary colours (d) black and white
  27. 27.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  28. 28.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  29. 29.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green (d) blue
  31. 31.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  32. 32.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  33. 33.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) green (c) orange (d) purple
  35. 35.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  36. 36.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  37. 37.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  38. 38.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow (b) green (c) orange (d) purple
  39. 39.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  40. 40.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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