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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 569 · 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? blue + ? = green (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  2. 2.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  3. 3.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  4. 4.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  6. 6.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  8. 8.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs red. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  11. 11.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  12. 12.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  13. 13.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) red
  15. 15.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  16. 16.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  18. 18.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and blue (b) blue and yellow (c) red and yellow (d) blue and red
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) red (c) blue (d) yellow
  21. 21.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  22. 22.🎨 Is blue 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) False (b) True
  24. 24.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  25. 25.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) red (c) purple (d) blue
  27. 27.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  28. 28.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  29. 29.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  30. 30.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  31. 31.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  32. 32.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  35. 35.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) blue
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) orange (c) yellow (d) red
  37. 37.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and red (d) yellow and blue
  38. 38.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) yellow and red (c) blue and yellow (d) red and yellow
  39. 39.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) orange (b) red (c) blue (d) yellow
  40. 40.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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