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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 601 · 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 = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  2. 2.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs red. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and yellow (c) blue and red (d) yellow and blue
  5. 5.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  6. 6.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) red and yellow (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and red
  7. 7.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  8. 8.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  10. 10.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  11. 11.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) orange
  13. 13.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green (d) blue
  15. 15.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) green (c) yellow (d) blue
  18. 18.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  19. 19.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  20. 20.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) purple (c) red (d) green
  21. 21.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  24. 24.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  26. 26.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) yellow and blue (c) yellow and red (d) red and yellow
  27. 27.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  28. 28.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  31. 31.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the secondary colours (b) brown and grey (c) the primary colours (d) the tertiary colours
  32. 32.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) orange
  33. 33.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  34. 34.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  35. 35.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) purple (b) blue (c) red (d) yellow
  38. 38.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  39. 39.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  40. 40.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) purple (d) green

Answer key

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

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