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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 777 · 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) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  2. 2.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) purple
  6. 6.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  7. 7.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and red (c) yellow and red (d) yellow and blue
  8. 8.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  9. 9.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  10. 10.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  11. 11.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) green (c) red (d) purple
  13. 13.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red (b) purple (c) green (d) orange
  15. 15.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  16. 16.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the secondary colours (b) the primary colours (c) the tertiary colours (d) brown and grey
  17. 17.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) red and blue (d) yellow and blue
  18. 18.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) green (c) yellow (d) blue
  20. 20.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  21. 21.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and blue (c) red and yellow (d) yellow and red
  23. 23.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and red (c) yellow and red (d) blue and yellow
  25. 25.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  27. 27.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  28. 28.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) red (c) orange (d) blue
  31. 31.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  32. 32.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and yellow (c) blue and red (d) red and blue
  34. 34.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  35. 35.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) green (c) yellow (d) blue
  36. 36.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) orange (d) green
  37. 37.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  39. 39.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  40. 40.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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