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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 822 · 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 of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) red
  2. 2.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  3. 3.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  4. 4.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  5. 5.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  7. 7.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  8. 8.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  9. 9.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  11. 11.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  12. 12.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) three neutral colours (b) black and white (c) two primary colours (d) two secondary colours
  13. 13.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) red
  17. 17.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and red (b) red and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) blue and red
  18. 18.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and red (d) red and blue
  19. 19.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  22. 22.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) yellow
  24. 24.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and blue (b) blue and red (c) red and yellow (d) yellow and red
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) green (c) red (d) blue
  28. 28.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  29. 29.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  30. 30.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  32. 32.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  34. 34.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) blue
  35. 35.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  37. 37.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  40. 40.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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