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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 541 · 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.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  2. 2.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  4. 4.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) green (d) blue
  5. 5.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  7. 7.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  8. 8.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  9. 9.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and yellow (c) blue and yellow (d) red and blue
  11. 11.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  13. 13.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) blue
  15. 15.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  16. 16.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) purple (c) yellow (d) blue
  17. 17.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  18. 18.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  19. 19.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  20. 20.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  22. 22.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) red (d) blue
  23. 23.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) orange
  25. 25.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  26. 26.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  27. 27.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and blue (c) yellow and red (d) blue and yellow
  29. 29.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  30. 30.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  31. 31.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red
  34. 34.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two secondary colours (b) three neutral colours (c) two primary colours (d) black and white
  35. 35.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  38. 38.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  39. 39.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) yellow

Answer key

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

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