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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 674 · 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.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  2. 2.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  3. 3.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  4. 4.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  5. 5.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  6. 6.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and blue (c) blue and red (d) red and yellow
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) purple
  8. 8.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  9. 9.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and yellow (c) red and blue (d) yellow and blue
  10. 10.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and red (c) red and yellow (d) blue and yellow
  13. 13.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  14. 14.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  15. 15.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) yellow
  16. 16.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  17. 17.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) green (c) orange (d) purple
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) purple (c) red (d) green
  20. 20.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) blue
  21. 21.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  23. 23.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) two secondary colours (c) three neutral colours (d) two primary colours
  25. 25.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red (b) orange (c) purple (d) green
  26. 26.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  27. 27.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  29. 29.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  30. 30.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  33. 33.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  34. 34.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  35. 35.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  36. 36.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  37. 37.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  38. 38.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red
  39. 39.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) yellow and blue (d) blue and red
  40. 40.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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