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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 802 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) orange
  2. 2.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the primary colours (b) brown and grey (c) the tertiary colours (d) the secondary colours
  4. 4.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  5. 5.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  6. 6.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  7. 7.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) green (d) orange
  8. 8.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  9. 9.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  10. 10.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) blue and red (c) yellow and red (d) yellow and blue
  11. 11.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) green (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red
  12. 12.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  13. 13.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  14. 14.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  15. 15.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  16. 16.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  17. 17.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  19. 19.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  20. 20.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  22. 22.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) red (c) purple (d) orange
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) purple (c) yellow (d) blue
  26. 26.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and yellow (c) blue and yellow (d) blue and red
  27. 27.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red (b) green (c) purple (d) orange
  28. 28.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) red (d) blue
  32. 32.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  35. 35.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  36. 36.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green (d) blue
  37. 37.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs red. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  40. 40.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) blue (c) purple (d) yellow

Answer key

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

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