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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 517 · 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.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and blue (b) blue and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) yellow and red
  3. 3.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  5. 5.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  6. 6.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  7. 7.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  8. 8.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) blue and red
  9. 9.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) green (c) blue (d) red
  11. 11.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) green
  12. 12.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  13. 13.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) orange
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) blue (d) red
  16. 16.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) red (c) orange (d) blue
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) yellow
  20. 20.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) red
  21. 21.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  22. 22.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  23. 23.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  24. 24.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  25. 25.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and yellow (c) red and blue (d) yellow and blue
  26. 26.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  28. 28.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  31. 31.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) blue (c) purple (d) green
  36. 36.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  40. 40.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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