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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 845 · 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.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  2. 2.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  5. 5.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  6. 6.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  7. 7.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  8. 8.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and blue (c) yellow and blue (d) yellow and red
  9. 9.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  11. 11.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  12. 12.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  13. 13.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  14. 14.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two secondary colours (b) three neutral colours (c) black and white (d) two primary colours
  15. 15.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) green
  17. 17.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  18. 18.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) green
  19. 19.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and red (d) red and yellow
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) purple (c) orange (d) green
  22. 22.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  23. 23.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  25. 25.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  27. 27.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  28. 28.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  29. 29.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) blue and red (d) yellow and blue
  30. 30.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  32. 32.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) purple
  33. 33.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) orange (d) red
  35. 35.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red (b) purple (c) green (d) orange
  38. 38.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  39. 39.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  40. 40.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and yellow (b) blue and red (c) yellow and red (d) red and yellow

Answer key

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

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