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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 490 · 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 paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  3. 3.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  4. 4.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  5. 5.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) green (c) yellow (d) purple
  8. 8.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  10. 10.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  11. 11.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  12. 12.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  14. 14.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and blue (b) blue and yellow (c) yellow and red (d) blue and red
  15. 15.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and blue (b) yellow and red (c) red and blue (d) blue and red
  17. 17.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  18. 18.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) red and yellow (c) red and blue (d) yellow and blue
  20. 20.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  21. 21.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two primary colours (b) three neutral colours (c) two secondary colours (d) black and white
  24. 24.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) orange (c) red (d) yellow
  26. 26.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  27. 27.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  28. 28.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  29. 29.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  30. 30.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) orange (d) blue
  33. 33.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  35. 35.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  36. 36.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) red (c) purple (d) green
  39. 39.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue

Answer key

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

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