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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 735 · 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 paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  2. 2.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  3. 3.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  4. 4.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  5. 5.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  7. 7.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  8. 8.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) orange (d) green
  9. 9.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  10. 10.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  11. 11.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) purple
  12. 12.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and red (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and red (d) blue and yellow
  15. 15.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow (c) green (d) blue
  18. 18.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  19. 19.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  20. 20.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) red and blue (c) red and yellow (d) blue and yellow
  21. 21.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the secondary colours (b) brown and grey (c) the primary colours (d) the tertiary colours
  22. 22.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  23. 23.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  25. 25.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) orange
  26. 26.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  27. 27.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  29. 29.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  30. 30.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  31. 31.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green (d) yellow
  33. 33.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  34. 34.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) red
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) green (c) red (d) purple
  36. 36.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) purple
  38. 38.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) green (b) yellow (c) red (d) blue
  39. 39.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs red. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green

Answer key

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

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