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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 524 · 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? blue + ? = green (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  2. 2.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  4. 4.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) green
  6. 6.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  7. 7.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow (c) purple (d) blue
  10. 10.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) red and yellow
  11. 11.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  12. 12.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  15. 15.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  16. 16.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) blue
  18. 18.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  19. 19.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) purple (c) blue (d) green
  20. 20.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  23. 23.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and red (c) blue and yellow (d) red and yellow
  24. 24.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and blue (c) red and yellow (d) yellow and red
  26. 26.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  27. 27.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  28. 28.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) green (d) orange
  30. 30.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  31. 31.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  33. 33.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  35. 35.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) brown and grey (b) the tertiary colours (c) the primary colours (d) the secondary colours
  36. 36.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) blue (d) red
  38. 38.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) two primary colours (c) three neutral colours (d) two secondary colours
  39. 39.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  40. 40.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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