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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 879 · 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: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  3. 3.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  4. 4.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) red
  6. 6.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  8. 8.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) yellow
  9. 9.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  10. 10.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) orange (c) yellow (d) blue
  12. 12.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and red (c) blue and yellow (d) red and yellow
  15. 15.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  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 ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) green (c) orange (d) purple
  20. 20.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  21. 21.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  22. 22.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  23. 23.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  24. 24.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) yellow and blue (d) red and blue
  26. 26.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  28. 28.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) red (c) orange (d) purple
  30. 30.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) green
  31. 31.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) three neutral colours (c) two secondary colours (d) two primary colours
  32. 32.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  33. 33.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  34. 34.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) red and blue (c) yellow and blue (d) red and yellow
  35. 35.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and red (d) blue and red
  37. 37.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  38. 38.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) blue (c) purple (d) yellow
  39. 39.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green

Answer key

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

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