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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 834 · 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) red (b) green (c) orange (d) purple
  2. 2.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and blue (c) red and yellow (d) yellow and blue
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) orange (c) purple (d) green
  5. 5.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and red (c) red and yellow (d) blue and yellow
  8. 8.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  10. 10.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  11. 11.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) red and yellow (c) blue and red (d) yellow and blue
  12. 12.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  13. 13.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  14. 14.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  15. 15.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  16. 16.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) yellow
  19. 19.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  20. 20.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  21. 21.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  23. 23.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) green
  25. 25.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) red (c) purple (d) blue
  27. 27.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) green (c) red (d) purple
  30. 30.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  31. 31.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) blue and red (c) red and yellow (d) blue and yellow
  32. 32.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  33. 33.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  34. 34.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  35. 35.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) red and blue (c) yellow and blue (d) red and yellow
  36. 36.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) purple
  38. 38.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two primary colours (b) two secondary colours (c) three neutral colours (d) black and white
  39. 39.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  40. 40.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) orange

Answer key

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

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