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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 787 · 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 of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) red (c) green (d) purple
  2. 2.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  3. 3.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  4. 4.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  5. 5.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  7. 7.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  9. 9.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  11. 11.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two secondary colours (b) two primary colours (c) black and white (d) three neutral colours
  13. 13.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) green (d) purple
  15. 15.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) blue
  17. 17.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  18. 18.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) purple
  19. 19.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  20. 20.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow (b) green (c) purple (d) orange
  21. 21.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  22. 22.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and blue (c) yellow and red (d) red and yellow
  23. 23.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  26. 26.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  27. 27.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  28. 28.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) red and yellow (c) blue and yellow (d) red and blue
  29. 29.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) red (c) orange (d) green
  31. 31.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  33. 33.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) red and yellow (c) blue and yellow (d) red and blue
  36. 36.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  37. 37.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  38. 38.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  39. 39.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) green
  40. 40.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple

Answer key

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

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