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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 587 · 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 primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  2. 2.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  3. 3.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red (d) orange
  4. 4.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) red and yellow (d) blue and red
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) purple (d) red
  6. 6.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  8. 8.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) purple (d) green
  11. 11.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  12. 12.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  13. 13.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  15. 15.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  17. 17.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green (d) blue
  19. 19.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two primary colours (b) black and white (c) two secondary colours (d) three neutral colours
  20. 20.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and yellow (c) red and blue (d) yellow and red
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) orange (d) red
  24. 24.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  25. 25.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) green (b) blue (c) yellow (d) red
  26. 26.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and red (c) blue and yellow (d) red and blue
  30. 30.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  31. 31.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  32. 32.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  33. 33.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  34. 34.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  35. 35.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  36. 36.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) red and blue (d) yellow and red
  37. 37.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  38. 38.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  39. 39.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  40. 40.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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