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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 676 · 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 secondary colours are there?
  2. 2.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and red (d) red and blue
  3. 3.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  4. 4.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  5. 5.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) red (c) purple (d) yellow
  6. 6.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  7. 7.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  10. 10.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) red and yellow (c) blue and red (d) yellow and blue
  11. 11.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) orange (d) yellow
  13. 13.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  15. 15.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  16. 16.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  17. 17.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  18. 18.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  20. 20.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) 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.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  23. 23.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  24. 24.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  25. 25.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  26. 26.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  28. 28.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  29. 29.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) blue
  30. 30.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and red (c) yellow and blue (d) blue and yellow
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) green (c) orange (d) purple
  33. 33.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  35. 35.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) red (c) yellow (d) blue
  38. 38.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  39. 39.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) red (c) orange (d) blue
  40. 40.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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