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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 712 · 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: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red (b) green (c) purple (d) orange
  3. 3.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  4. 4.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) orange (c) green (d) purple
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) purple
  8. 8.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and red (d) yellow and red
  9. 9.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  10. 10.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  13. 13.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) yellow
  16. 16.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) blue (c) green (d) yellow
  18. 18.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and red (d) red and blue
  20. 20.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  21. 21.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  22. 22.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  24. 24.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and red (c) yellow and blue (d) red and blue
  25. 25.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  26. 26.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  28. 28.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) orange
  31. 31.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  32. 32.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  33. 33.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  35. 35.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) yellow
  38. 38.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue

Answer key

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

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