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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 500 · 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 of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) red (c) purple (d) yellow
  2. 2.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs red. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  4. 4.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) green
  5. 5.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  6. 6.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  7. 7.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  10. 10.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  11. 11.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  12. 12.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  13. 13.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) purple (c) red (d) orange
  14. 14.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and red (c) yellow and blue (d) red and blue
  15. 15.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  17. 17.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) three neutral colours (b) black and white (c) two primary colours (d) two secondary colours
  18. 18.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  19. 19.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  20. 20.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  21. 21.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) orange
  23. 23.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) blue and red (c) red and yellow (d) yellow and blue
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) red (c) green (d) orange
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) purple
  26. 26.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) red and yellow (c) blue and red (d) blue and yellow
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) green
  28. 28.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) red (c) orange (d) blue
  31. 31.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  33. 33.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  35. 35.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  38. 38.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  39. 39.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow

Answer key

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

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