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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 803 · 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: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) blue (d) orange
  3. 3.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  4. 4.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  5. 5.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) purple
  7. 7.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  8. 8.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and blue (b) yellow and blue (c) yellow and red (d) blue and yellow
  9. 9.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  11. 11.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  12. 12.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) orange
  13. 13.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  14. 14.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and blue (b) red and yellow (c) blue and yellow (d) blue and red
  15. 15.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) orange (c) green (d) purple
  18. 18.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  19. 19.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  20. 20.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and red (d) yellow and red
  21. 21.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  22. 22.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  27. 27.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  29. 29.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  30. 30.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  32. 32.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and blue (c) yellow and red (d) red and yellow
  33. 33.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  34. 34.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  35. 35.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  36. 36.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  37. 37.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) orange
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) purple
  40. 40.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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