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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 852 · 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.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  3. 3.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  4. 4.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  5. 5.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) purple (c) blue (d) green
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) red (c) green (d) blue
  8. 8.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  9. 9.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  10. 10.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) orange (d) red
  11. 11.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) orange (d) red
  13. 13.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) red and blue
  14. 14.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) purple
  15. 15.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and blue (b) red and yellow (c) blue and red (d) yellow and blue
  16. 16.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  17. 17.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) purple (d) green
  19. 19.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  21. 21.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  22. 22.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  23. 23.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  25. 25.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) purple
  28. 28.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) red (d) purple
  30. 30.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  32. 32.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  35. 35.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) green (c) orange (d) purple
  37. 37.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  38. 38.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and blue (c) red and yellow (d) yellow and red
  39. 39.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  40. 40.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple

Answer key

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

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