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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 762 · 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.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  2. 2.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  3. 3.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  5. 5.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  6. 6.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) blue and red
  7. 7.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  8. 8.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) yellow
  9. 9.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  10. 10.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) yellow and red (c) yellow and blue (d) blue and red
  11. 11.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  12. 12.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two primary colours (b) three neutral colours (c) two secondary colours (d) black and white
  14. 14.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) blue and red (c) red and yellow (d) red and blue
  15. 15.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  16. 16.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  17. 17.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) blue
  18. 18.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  21. 21.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  22. 22.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  23. 23.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  24. 24.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) purple (d) red
  27. 27.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  28. 28.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) yellow and blue (d) blue and red
  29. 29.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  30. 30.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  31. 31.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and blue (c) yellow and red (d) blue and red
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) red (c) blue (d) yellow
  33. 33.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  35. 35.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  38. 38.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) brown and grey (b) the secondary colours (c) the tertiary colours (d) the primary colours
  39. 39.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) purple (b) red (c) yellow (d) blue
  40. 40.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour

Answer key

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

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