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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

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

Answer key

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

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