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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 835 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) orange (d) red
  2. 2.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  3. 3.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  4. 4.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  8. 8.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and blue (b) yellow and red (c) red and yellow (d) red and blue
  9. 9.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  10. 10.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  12. 12.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  14. 14.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) green
  15. 15.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) blue (b) green (c) purple (d) orange
  16. 16.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the secondary colours (b) the tertiary colours (c) brown and grey (d) the primary colours
  17. 17.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  18. 18.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  19. 19.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  20. 20.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) red (d) purple
  22. 22.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  23. 23.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) red and blue (d) blue and red
  24. 24.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  25. 25.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) yellow and red (c) yellow and blue (d) red and yellow
  27. 27.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes green. (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) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  30. 30.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) orange
  31. 31.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  33. 33.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) red (c) purple (d) orange
  35. 35.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) yellow
  40. 40.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple

Answer key

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

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