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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 801 · 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: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and yellow (c) blue and yellow (d) red and blue
  3. 3.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  4. 4.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  5. 5.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) red (d) blue
  6. 6.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) green (d) red
  7. 7.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  9. 9.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  11. 11.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  12. 12.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  13. 13.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  14. 14.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow (b) green (c) purple (d) orange
  15. 15.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) red
  17. 17.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  18. 18.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) three neutral colours (b) two secondary colours (c) black and white (d) two primary colours
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) red (c) green (d) blue
  20. 20.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  28. 28.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  29. 29.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and red (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and red (d) yellow and blue
  30. 30.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  34. 34.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  35. 35.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  37. 37.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) blue (c) green (d) orange
  38. 38.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  39. 39.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour

Answer key

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

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