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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 880 · 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 paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  2. 2.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  4. 4.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) red
  5. 5.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  6. 6.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) blue (d) orange
  7. 7.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) green (d) red
  9. 9.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) blue (c) green (d) orange
  11. 11.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  13. 13.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) orange
  14. 14.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  17. 17.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  18. 18.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  19. 19.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  20. 20.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) yellow and red (c) red and blue (d) blue and red
  21. 21.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  24. 24.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  25. 25.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) yellow
  28. 28.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and red (d) yellow and red
  31. 31.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  32. 32.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the primary colours (b) the tertiary colours (c) the secondary colours (d) brown and grey
  37. 37.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  39. 39.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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