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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 56 · 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 primary colour? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) red
  2. 2.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) purple (c) blue (d) yellow
  4. 4.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  5. 5.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  6. 6.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) yellow (c) orange (d) purple
  8. 8.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  9. 9.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  11. 11.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  12. 12.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and blue (c) yellow and red (d) red and blue
  14. 14.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) purple (d) red
  18. 18.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) purple (c) green (d) orange
  20. 20.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) orange (c) yellow (d) red
  21. 21.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  22. 22.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  23. 23.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) green
  25. 25.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  26. 26.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  28. 28.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow (c) orange (d) blue
  30. 30.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  31. 31.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two secondary colours (b) three neutral colours (c) black and white (d) two primary colours
  32. 32.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) red and blue (d) blue and yellow
  33. 33.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  34. 34.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  35. 35.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  37. 37.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) red and yellow (c) blue and yellow (d) blue and red
  39. 39.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour

Answer key

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

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