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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 550 · 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: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) green (d) yellow
  4. 4.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  5. 5.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  6. 6.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) yellow and red (c) blue and red (d) yellow and blue
  7. 7.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  8. 8.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  9. 9.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  10. 10.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  11. 11.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and red (c) blue and yellow (d) red and blue
  13. 13.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  15. 15.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) purple (c) orange (d) green
  17. 17.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue (c) orange (d) yellow
  19. 19.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  21. 21.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) purple (c) yellow (d) orange
  25. 25.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  26. 26.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) two primary colours (c) two secondary colours (d) three neutral colours
  27. 27.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  28. 28.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) red
  30. 30.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) green (d) red
  31. 31.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  33. 33.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) red (c) yellow (d) blue
  36. 36.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) orange (d) blue
  39. 39.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and blue (c) red and yellow (d) blue and yellow
  40. 40.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple

Answer key

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

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