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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 799 · 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 + ? = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  2. 2.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) blue (c) orange (d) purple
  4. 4.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  5. 5.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) green
  6. 6.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and yellow (c) blue and red (d) red and yellow
  7. 7.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  8. 8.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  10. 10.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  11. 11.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  12. 12.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  13. 13.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  14. 14.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) yellow (c) red (d) blue
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) yellow
  18. 18.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) red
  19. 19.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the secondary colours (b) the primary colours (c) brown and grey (d) the tertiary colours
  21. 21.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) red (c) green (d) purple
  23. 23.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) purple (d) blue
  24. 24.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  28. 28.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) blue
  30. 30.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  31. 31.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  32. 32.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  33. 33.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs red. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) red (d) blue
  36. 36.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  37. 37.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and yellow (b) red and blue (c) yellow and red (d) blue and yellow
  38. 38.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) yellow and red (d) red and blue
  39. 39.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  40. 40.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow

Answer key

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

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