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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 875 · 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 red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  2. 2.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red (b) purple (c) green (d) orange
  3. 3.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  4. 4.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  5. 5.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  6. 6.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) green (c) blue (d) yellow
  7. 7.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) yellow
  8. 8.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  9. 9.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) red and yellow (d) blue and red
  11. 11.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  17. 17.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) purple
  18. 18.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  19. 19.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) blue (c) orange (d) purple
  22. 22.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) yellow and blue (d) blue and red
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) blue (c) red (d) yellow
  24. 24.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  25. 25.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  26. 26.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  27. 27.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  28. 28.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  29. 29.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  30. 30.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  32. 32.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs red. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  34. 34.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  35. 35.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and yellow (c) red and blue (d) yellow and red
  37. 37.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple

Answer key

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

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