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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 767 · 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 yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  2. 2.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  3. 3.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  4. 4.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) purple
  6. 6.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) blue (d) orange
  7. 7.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) green
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) orange
  10. 10.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  11. 11.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  13. 13.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and yellow (c) red and blue (d) yellow and red
  14. 14.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red (b) orange (c) purple (d) green
  16. 16.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) red and yellow
  17. 17.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  19. 19.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) purple (c) yellow (d) orange
  21. 21.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  22. 22.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  23. 23.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) red and yellow (c) red and blue (d) blue and yellow
  24. 24.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  25. 25.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) red and yellow
  26. 26.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and blue (c) yellow and blue (d) yellow and red
  28. 28.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  29. 29.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  30. 30.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) three neutral colours (b) black and white (c) two secondary colours (d) two primary colours
  32. 32.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) purple (b) blue (c) yellow (d) red
  33. 33.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green (d) yellow
  34. 34.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  35. 35.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  37. 37.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  38. 38.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  39. 39.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red

Answer key

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

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