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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 609 · 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? ? + red = orange (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  2. 2.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  3. 3.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  4. 4.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  6. 6.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  7. 7.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) purple (d) blue
  8. 8.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) blue (c) red (d) yellow
  11. 11.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  12. 12.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  14. 14.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) yellow (c) purple (d) orange
  15. 15.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) green
  17. 17.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  19. 19.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) red and yellow (d) red and blue
  21. 21.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and red (d) blue and red
  24. 24.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  25. 25.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  26. 26.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) yellow (c) orange (d) purple
  29. 29.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  30. 30.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  31. 31.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  35. 35.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) red (c) purple (d) green
  36. 36.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  37. 37.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green

Answer key

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

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