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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 717 · 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: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  3. 3.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  4. 4.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) orange (c) blue (d) green
  7. 7.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red (b) green (c) purple (d) orange
  8. 8.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  9. 9.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) yellow
  10. 10.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  14. 14.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) orange (d) green
  16. 16.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  19. 19.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  21. 21.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and red
  23. 23.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  24. 24.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  25. 25.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red
  29. 29.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  31. 31.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and red (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and red (d) yellow and blue
  34. 34.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and red (c) yellow and blue (d) yellow and red
  35. 35.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and yellow (b) red and blue (c) yellow and red (d) blue and yellow
  37. 37.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  38. 38.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  39. 39.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  40. 40.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?

Answer key

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

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