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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 700 · 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.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  2. 2.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  3. 3.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow (c) purple (d) blue
  5. 5.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  7. 7.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  13. 13.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) purple (c) red (d) orange
  16. 16.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  17. 17.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  18. 18.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  20. 20.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  21. 21.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) red
  22. 22.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) yellow
  24. 24.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and blue (b) blue and red (c) red and yellow (d) blue and yellow
  25. 25.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  26. 26.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) three neutral colours (b) two secondary colours (c) black and white (d) two primary colours
  27. 27.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  29. 29.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  30. 30.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  31. 31.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) blue (c) green (d) purple
  32. 32.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  34. 34.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  35. 35.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  37. 37.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  38. 38.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  39. 39.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow

Answer key

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

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