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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 849 · 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) green (c) purple (d) orange
  2. 2.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  3. 3.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) green
  6. 6.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  7. 7.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  8. 8.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  9. 9.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) red (c) purple (d) orange
  11. 11.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  12. 12.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) red (c) orange (d) green
  16. 16.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  17. 17.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) red (c) green (d) blue
  19. 19.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  20. 20.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  21. 21.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  22. 22.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) yellow and blue (c) yellow and red (d) red and yellow
  23. 23.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  24. 24.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  25. 25.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) red and yellow (c) blue and yellow (d) blue and red
  26. 26.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and blue (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) blue and yellow
  27. 27.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) two primary colours (c) two secondary colours (d) three neutral colours
  28. 28.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs red. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) orange (d) blue
  31. 31.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  32. 32.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) purple (d) blue
  33. 33.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  35. 35.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  38. 38.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  39. 39.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) red (d) blue

Answer key

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

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