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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 548 · 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: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) orange
  4. 4.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  5. 5.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) red (c) orange (d) purple
  6. 6.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and red (d) blue and yellow
  7. 7.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) green (d) purple
  9. 9.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  10. 10.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  14. 14.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two secondary colours (b) two primary colours (c) three neutral colours (d) black and white
  15. 15.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  16. 16.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) green
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) red
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) blue (c) yellow (d) red
  19. 19.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  20. 20.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) blue and yellow (c) red and yellow (d) blue and red
  23. 23.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  24. 24.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  25. 25.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  26. 26.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  27. 27.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  29. 29.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  30. 30.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red (d) green
  33. 33.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  34. 34.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  35. 35.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) yellow and red (d) blue and red
  37. 37.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  38. 38.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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