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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 585 · 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 + ? = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  2. 2.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  3. 3.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) purple
  7. 7.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  8. 8.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  10. 10.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  11. 11.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  12. 12.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) orange
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) green (c) yellow (d) orange
  15. 15.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  16. 16.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  17. 17.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  18. 18.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) orange
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) red (c) green (d) orange
  22. 22.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  23. 23.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and red (d) yellow and red
  24. 24.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  26. 26.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  27. 27.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) three neutral colours (b) two secondary colours (c) black and white (d) two primary colours
  28. 28.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  30. 30.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  31. 31.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) green
  33. 33.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  34. 34.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) yellow (c) purple (d) orange
  35. 35.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  36. 36.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) blue
  37. 37.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) purple (d) blue
  38. 38.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  39. 39.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the secondary colours (b) the primary colours (c) the tertiary colours (d) brown and grey
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) blue (c) red (d) yellow

Answer key

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

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