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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 706 · 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.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  3. 3.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) purple (c) yellow (d) blue
  5. 5.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  6. 6.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  7. 7.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  8. 8.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  10. 10.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) orange (d) blue
  11. 11.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  12. 12.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  13. 13.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and blue (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) yellow and red
  15. 15.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and blue (b) yellow and red (c) red and yellow (d) blue and red
  16. 16.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  17. 17.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) red (c) green (d) orange
  19. 19.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  21. 21.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  22. 22.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  24. 24.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  26. 26.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  27. 27.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  29. 29.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) blue (d) orange
  31. 31.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) green
  32. 32.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  35. 35.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  37. 37.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  38. 38.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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