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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 545 · 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) green (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red
  2. 2.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) red (c) yellow (d) blue
  6. 6.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) red and yellow (d) red and blue
  8. 8.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  9. 9.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  10. 10.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  11. 11.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  12. 12.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  13. 13.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) orange
  14. 14.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  15. 15.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) red (c) purple (d) yellow
  16. 16.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  17. 17.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  18. 18.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red
  20. 20.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  21. 21.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  22. 22.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  24. 24.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green (d) red
  26. 26.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  27. 27.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and red (c) blue and yellow (d) red and yellow
  28. 28.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  30. 30.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) two secondary colours (c) two primary colours (d) three neutral colours
  32. 32.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) brown and grey (b) the primary colours (c) the secondary colours (d) the tertiary colours
  33. 33.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  34. 34.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) red (c) purple (d) green
  36. 36.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  38. 38.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  39. 39.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  40. 40.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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