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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 597 · 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? yellow + ? = green (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  2. 2.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and blue (b) blue and yellow (c) blue and red (d) yellow and red
  3. 3.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  4. 4.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) red and yellow (d) red and blue
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) purple (d) red
  6. 6.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  7. 7.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  8. 8.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  9. 9.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  10. 10.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) blue and red
  11. 11.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  12. 12.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and yellow (c) blue and red (d) yellow and red
  14. 14.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  16. 16.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  17. 17.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) yellow (d) purple
  18. 18.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  20. 20.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) blue
  23. 23.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  24. 24.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  25. 25.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  27. 27.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  28. 28.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  31. 31.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  32. 32.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  34. 34.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and red (b) red and blue (c) red and yellow (d) blue and yellow
  35. 35.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  36. 36.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and blue (b) blue and red (c) yellow and red (d) red and blue
  37. 37.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  38. 38.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  40. 40.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs yellow. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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