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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 595 · 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 = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  2. 2.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) red
  4. 4.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  5. 5.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and yellow (c) red and blue (d) blue and red
  6. 6.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  8. 8.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  9. 9.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  10. 10.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and red (c) red and blue (d) yellow and blue
  11. 11.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and red (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and red (d) blue and yellow
  12. 12.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  13. 13.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) green
  14. 14.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  17. 17.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and blue (c) yellow and red (d) red and yellow
  18. 18.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  19. 19.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  20. 20.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  21. 21.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the secondary colours (b) the primary colours (c) brown and grey (d) the tertiary colours
  23. 23.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  24. 24.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  27. 27.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) orange (d) red
  30. 30.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  31. 31.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  32. 32.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) red and yellow (c) red and blue (d) blue and yellow
  34. 34.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and blue (c) yellow and red (d) red and yellow
  37. 37.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  38. 38.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  39. 39.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) yellow

Answer key

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

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