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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 725 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red (d) purple
  2. 2.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) orange (c) red (d) purple
  4. 4.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  5. 5.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) blue (c) orange (d) purple
  7. 7.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  8. 8.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  9. 9.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  10. 10.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  11. 11.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  13. 13.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) purple (d) red
  14. 14.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  15. 15.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  16. 16.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) green (d) purple
  18. 18.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  19. 19.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) three neutral colours (c) two secondary colours (d) two primary colours
  21. 21.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  22. 22.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and yellow (c) red and blue (d) yellow and red
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) yellow (c) red (d) blue
  25. 25.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  27. 27.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  28. 28.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) purple (c) yellow (d) green
  29. 29.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) red
  30. 30.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  33. 33.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  34. 34.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) blue (c) orange (d) yellow
  35. 35.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  36. 36.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  39. 39.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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