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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 824 · 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) blue (b) purple (c) green (d) orange
  2. 2.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) blue (c) purple (d) green
  6. 6.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  7. 7.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) blue and red
  9. 9.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  10. 10.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  11. 11.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  13. 13.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) orange (d) yellow
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) green (d) yellow
  17. 17.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) purple
  18. 18.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  19. 19.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  20. 20.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) blue (d) red
  22. 22.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow (b) green (c) orange (d) purple
  23. 23.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  25. 25.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and yellow (c) red and blue (d) yellow and red
  26. 26.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  27. 27.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  28. 28.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and blue (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) blue and yellow
  29. 29.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) blue (c) orange (d) yellow
  30. 30.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red (b) purple (c) orange (d) green
  31. 31.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) three neutral colours (b) two secondary colours (c) two primary colours (d) black and white
  32. 32.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  33. 33.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  34. 34.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  35. 35.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  37. 37.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  38. 38.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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