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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 596 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) green (c) blue (d) red
  2. 2.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and red (c) blue and yellow (d) red and blue
  3. 3.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  4. 4.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  5. 5.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) blue
  7. 7.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  9. 9.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  10. 10.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and blue (b) yellow and red (c) red and yellow (d) blue and red
  11. 11.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  12. 12.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  13. 13.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) blue and yellow (c) red and blue (d) yellow and red
  15. 15.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  16. 16.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  17. 17.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  18. 18.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  19. 19.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  20. 20.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and red (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and blue
  21. 21.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) orange (b) red (c) blue (d) yellow
  22. 22.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  24. 24.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) yellow
  26. 26.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) red (c) orange (d) green
  28. 28.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  29. 29.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red (d) green
  30. 30.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  31. 31.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) orange (c) green (d) purple
  37. 37.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  39. 39.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  40. 40.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and blue (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) blue and yellow

Answer key

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

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