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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 452 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) blue
  2. 2.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) green
  3. 3.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) three neutral colours (c) two secondary colours (d) two primary colours
  5. 5.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) purple (d) blue
  8. 8.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and blue (b) blue and yellow (c) yellow and red (d) blue and red
  10. 10.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) red (d) purple
  11. 11.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  12. 12.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  13. 13.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  14. 14.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  15. 15.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  17. 17.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) purple (d) red
  19. 19.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  21. 21.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and yellow (c) red and blue (d) yellow and blue
  23. 23.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow (c) orange (d) blue
  25. 25.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  26. 26.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  28. 28.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) yellow (d) purple
  29. 29.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  30. 30.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  31. 31.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  32. 32.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  33. 33.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) orange
  35. 35.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  36. 36.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  37. 37.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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