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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 60 · 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: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) red (c) orange (d) purple
  3. 3.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) blue (c) purple (d) yellow
  4. 4.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) blue and red (c) blue and yellow (d) red and yellow
  5. 5.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  6. 6.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  7. 7.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) purple (d) red
  10. 10.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  11. 11.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) green (b) blue (c) red (d) yellow
  13. 13.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow (b) green (c) orange (d) purple
  14. 14.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) red and yellow (c) red and blue (d) yellow and blue
  15. 15.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) green
  18. 18.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  19. 19.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  21. 21.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  22. 22.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) blue and red
  23. 23.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  25. 25.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  27. 27.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) blue and red (c) yellow and red (d) red and blue
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) purple (c) yellow (d) orange
  29. 29.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two secondary colours (b) black and white (c) two primary colours (d) three neutral colours
  30. 30.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) red and blue (d) blue and yellow
  31. 31.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) orange
  33. 33.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  34. 34.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  38. 38.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) orange (d) red
  39. 39.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  40. 40.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange

Answer key

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

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