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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 554 · 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? red + ? = purple (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  2. 2.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) red and blue (d) yellow and red
  3. 3.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) red
  4. 4.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  5. 5.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  6. 6.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) yellow (c) orange (d) purple
  7. 7.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  8. 8.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  9. 9.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  11. 11.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) brown and grey (b) the tertiary colours (c) the primary colours (d) the secondary colours
  12. 12.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  13. 13.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs red. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  16. 16.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two secondary colours (b) two primary colours (c) three neutral colours (d) black and white
  18. 18.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) orange (c) yellow (d) red
  20. 20.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) green (c) purple (d) orange
  22. 22.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and blue (c) red and yellow (d) yellow and red
  24. 24.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  26. 26.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  27. 27.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  29. 29.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  31. 31.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) green (c) purple (d) orange
  33. 33.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) orange (c) yellow (d) blue
  34. 34.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  35. 35.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red (d) green

Answer key

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

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