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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 460 · 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.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) red (d) blue
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) green (c) orange (d) purple
  4. 4.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  5. 5.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) yellow
  6. 6.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  10. 10.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  11. 11.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  12. 12.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  17. 17.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red
  21. 21.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs red. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) purple (b) blue (c) red (d) yellow
  24. 24.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  25. 25.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) red (d) orange
  26. 26.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  27. 27.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  28. 28.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and yellow (b) red and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) blue and red
  29. 29.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  30. 30.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) blue (d) orange
  31. 31.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  32. 32.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) orange (c) red (d) yellow
  35. 35.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  36. 36.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  37. 37.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and red (b) yellow and blue (c) red and blue (d) blue and red
  40. 40.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) green (b) yellow (c) red (d) blue

Answer key

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

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