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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 565 · 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? yellow + ? = orange (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  2. 2.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  3. 3.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and blue (c) yellow and red (d) yellow and blue
  4. 4.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  5. 5.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  6. 6.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  7. 7.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  10. 10.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  11. 11.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  12. 12.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  13. 13.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  14. 14.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  15. 15.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) green (c) red (d) purple
  17. 17.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) three neutral colours (b) two secondary colours (c) black and white (d) two primary colours
  18. 18.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) blue (d) purple
  21. 21.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  22. 22.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  23. 23.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) purple (c) red (d) yellow
  25. 25.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  26. 26.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and yellow (c) red and blue (d) blue and red
  27. 27.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) purple (d) blue
  28. 28.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  29. 29.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) yellow and blue (d) red and blue
  30. 30.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) red (c) orange (d) green
  32. 32.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) blue and red
  34. 34.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  36. 36.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  37. 37.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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