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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 620 · 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 + ? = purple (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  2. 2.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  4. 4.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  5. 5.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  7. 7.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  8. 8.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) red (d) blue
  10. 10.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  12. 12.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  13. 13.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  14. 14.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  15. 15.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  18. 18.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) purple (c) red (d) green
  19. 19.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two secondary colours (b) three neutral colours (c) black and white (d) two primary colours
  20. 20.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  21. 21.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and yellow (b) blue and red (c) red and blue (d) yellow and red
  22. 22.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) blue (b) purple (c) green (d) orange
  23. 23.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  24. 24.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) purple (c) red (d) yellow
  25. 25.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) red (c) orange (d) blue
  26. 26.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  27. 27.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  28. 28.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) purple (c) yellow (d) green
  30. 30.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  31. 31.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  32. 32.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) yellow
  34. 34.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  40. 40.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour

Answer key

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

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