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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 608 · 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: purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  3. 3.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  4. 4.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  5. 5.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  6. 6.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  7. 7.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  8. 8.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) red
  9. 9.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  10. 10.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  11. 11.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  12. 12.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) green (c) purple (d) orange
  14. 14.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) purple
  16. 16.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) blue and red (c) yellow and red (d) yellow and blue
  17. 17.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  18. 18.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  19. 19.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and blue (b) yellow and red (c) red and yellow (d) red and blue
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) green
  21. 21.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  22. 22.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) purple (c) blue (d) orange
  23. 23.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  24. 24.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) blue (c) orange (d) purple
  27. 27.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  29. 29.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  30. 30.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  31. 31.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) blue and red
  32. 32.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) green
  33. 33.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  36. 36.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  40. 40.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue

Answer key

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

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