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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 590 · 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: mixing blue and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  5. 5.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) blue (c) green (d) purple
  6. 6.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  7. 7.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) red (c) green (d) orange
  9. 9.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  10. 10.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  11. 11.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  12. 12.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) blue (c) green (d) orange
  14. 14.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) orange (c) blue (d) yellow
  15. 15.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  17. 17.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green (d) yellow
  18. 18.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) purple (c) blue (d) yellow
  20. 20.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  21. 21.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  22. 22.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  23. 23.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  24. 24.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  25. 25.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  26. 26.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  28. 28.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  29. 29.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two primary colours (b) two secondary colours (c) black and white (d) three neutral colours
  30. 30.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) blue and yellow (d) red and blue
  31. 31.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  32. 32.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) orange (c) yellow (d) green
  34. 34.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  37. 37.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  38. 38.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue (c) orange (d) yellow
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) blue (d) red

Answer key

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

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