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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 795 · 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.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  3. 3.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green (d) blue
  4. 4.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  5. 5.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  7. 7.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) red and blue (d) yellow and red
  8. 8.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  9. 9.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  10. 10.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) red (c) purple (d) blue
  11. 11.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  12. 12.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  14. 14.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) red and yellow (d) blue and red
  15. 15.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) orange
  16. 16.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  18. 18.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  19. 19.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) yellow (d) purple
  20. 20.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and yellow (c) blue and red (d) blue and yellow
  21. 21.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  24. 24.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  25. 25.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  28. 28.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  31. 31.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  32. 32.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  33. 33.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  34. 34.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) yellow and blue (d) red and blue
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) purple
  36. 36.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and blue (c) red and yellow (d) yellow and blue
  40. 40.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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