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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 826 · 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) blue
  2. 2.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  3. 3.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) green (c) yellow (d) blue
  4. 4.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  5. 5.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  6. 6.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two secondary colours (b) black and white (c) three neutral colours (d) two primary colours
  7. 7.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  8. 8.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  11. 11.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  12. 12.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  14. 14.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  15. 15.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  16. 16.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  17. 17.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  18. 18.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  19. 19.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  21. 21.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) red (c) orange (d) blue
  23. 23.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  25. 25.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and red (c) yellow and blue (d) blue and yellow
  26. 26.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) green
  28. 28.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) orange (d) green
  31. 31.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) blue (d) red
  32. 32.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) red
  34. 34.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  35. 35.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) yellow and red (d) red and blue
  37. 37.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) orange (d) green
  38. 38.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) yellow and red (c) red and yellow (d) blue and yellow

Answer key

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

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