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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 614 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) yellow
  2. 2.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  3. 3.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  4. 4.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  8. 8.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  10. 10.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  11. 11.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  13. 13.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  14. 14.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) blue (d) purple
  15. 15.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) blue (c) yellow (d) red
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) blue
  18. 18.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  19. 19.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  20. 20.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) purple (c) yellow (d) green
  21. 21.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two primary colours (b) three neutral colours (c) two secondary colours (d) black and white
  22. 22.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  23. 23.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  24. 24.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  25. 25.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  28. 28.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  30. 30.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and red (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) red and blue
  31. 31.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  32. 32.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) red
  34. 34.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  35. 35.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) blue (c) green (d) yellow
  37. 37.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) red and yellow (c) blue and yellow (d) blue and red
  38. 38.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) yellow and red (c) red and blue (d) blue and yellow
  40. 40.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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