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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 796 · 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.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) red (d) blue
  3. 3.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) red (c) orange (d) green
  4. 4.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) blue (c) green (d) purple
  5. 5.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  7. 7.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  9. 9.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) three neutral colours (b) two primary colours (c) two secondary colours (d) black and white
  14. 14.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  16. 16.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  17. 17.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) purple
  19. 19.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  20. 20.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  22. 22.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  23. 23.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  24. 24.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) orange (d) red
  26. 26.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  28. 28.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) green (d) red
  32. 32.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) red and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) blue and red
  33. 33.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  37. 37.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  38. 38.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  39. 39.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  40. 40.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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