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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 53 · 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 = green (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  2. 2.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  3. 3.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  4. 4.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) purple (c) green (d) orange
  6. 6.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  10. 10.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  11. 11.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  12. 12.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  14. 14.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) green (c) red (d) orange
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) red (c) orange (d) blue
  18. 18.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  19. 19.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  20. 20.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) green (d) red
  23. 23.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  24. 24.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  26. 26.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) green (c) red (d) yellow
  27. 27.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green (d) yellow
  29. 29.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) red (d) blue
  34. 34.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) green (d) orange
  35. 35.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two primary colours (b) two secondary colours (c) black and white (d) three neutral colours
  36. 36.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  37. 37.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) orange (b) blue (c) red (d) yellow
  38. 38.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and blue (b) yellow and blue (c) red and yellow (d) blue and yellow
  39. 39.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  40. 40.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour

Answer key

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

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