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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 564 · 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 red. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  3. 3.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) purple (d) green
  4. 4.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) red and yellow (d) red and blue
  5. 5.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  6. 6.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) blue and red
  7. 7.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  11. 11.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  12. 12.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  14. 14.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) blue (c) orange (d) yellow
  15. 15.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) two secondary colours (c) three neutral colours (d) two primary colours
  16. 16.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  17. 17.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  18. 18.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  19. 19.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) orange
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) green (c) blue (d) orange
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) blue (c) yellow (d) red
  23. 23.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) purple
  24. 24.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) red and blue (c) yellow and red (d) blue and yellow
  25. 25.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) red and yellow (c) blue and red (d) blue and yellow
  26. 26.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) green (b) red (c) blue (d) yellow
  28. 28.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and blue (b) blue and yellow (c) red and yellow (d) yellow and blue
  30. 30.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  32. 32.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  33. 33.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  34. 34.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) orange (c) green (d) purple
  36. 36.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  37. 37.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  39. 39.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) green (c) yellow (d) blue

Answer key

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

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