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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 645 · 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) yellow (b) orange (c) blue (d) red
  2. 2.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  4. 4.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and blue (b) yellow and red (c) red and blue (d) blue and red
  5. 5.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  7. 7.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  9. 9.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  11. 11.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  12. 12.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red
  14. 14.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) red (c) purple (d) orange
  15. 15.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) red and blue (c) red and yellow (d) blue and yellow
  16. 16.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  17. 17.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) purple (c) blue (d) orange
  18. 18.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  22. 22.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  23. 23.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) green (d) blue
  24. 24.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  25. 25.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) purple (c) yellow (d) green
  26. 26.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and red (c) red and blue (d) yellow and blue
  28. 28.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and blue (b) blue and red (c) yellow and red (d) blue and yellow
  29. 29.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  30. 30.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the primary colours (b) the tertiary colours (c) brown and grey (d) the secondary colours
  31. 31.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  33. 33.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  34. 34.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  35. 35.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  36. 36.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  40. 40.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red

Answer key

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

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