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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 790 · 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.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  2. 2.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) orange (c) red (d) green
  4. 4.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  5. 5.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) orange (c) yellow (d) purple
  8. 8.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) green
  9. 9.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) red (c) orange (d) blue
  13. 13.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) red (c) green (d) blue
  15. 15.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) orange (c) yellow (d) green
  16. 16.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  18. 18.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  19. 19.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  20. 20.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  21. 21.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  22. 22.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) orange (c) yellow (d) blue
  23. 23.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and blue (c) yellow and red (d) blue and red
  24. 24.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  25. 25.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  28. 28.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  29. 29.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  30. 30.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  31. 31.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  32. 32.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and blue (c) red and yellow (d) blue and yellow
  33. 33.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) three neutral colours (b) two primary colours (c) black and white (d) two secondary colours
  34. 34.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  36. 36.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  37. 37.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) purple (c) orange (d) green

Answer key

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

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