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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 727 · 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 two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and yellow (c) yellow and red (d) red and blue
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) orange (d) red
  3. 3.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  5. 5.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) purple (c) blue (d) yellow
  6. 6.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) green
  7. 7.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  8. 8.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  11. 11.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two primary colours (b) black and white (c) three neutral colours (d) two secondary colours
  12. 12.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  14. 14.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  16. 16.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  17. 17.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  18. 18.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  19. 19.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  23. 23.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  24. 24.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) blue and red (d) blue and yellow
  26. 26.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  28. 28.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the tertiary colours (b) the primary colours (c) the secondary colours (d) brown and grey
  29. 29.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) blue (b) orange (c) green (d) purple
  30. 30.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) orange (c) red (d) yellow
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) red (c) blue (d) yellow
  32. 32.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) yellow (c) purple (d) orange
  33. 33.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  34. 34.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  35. 35.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  38. 38.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) red and yellow (d) red and blue
  39. 39.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  40. 40.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange

Answer key

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

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