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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 882 · 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 two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and yellow (c) yellow and red (d) red and blue
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) orange (c) green (d) purple
  3. 3.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  4. 4.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  5. 5.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) red (c) purple (d) blue
  6. 6.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  7. 7.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  8. 8.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  9. 9.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  10. 10.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green (d) blue
  11. 11.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  12. 12.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  13. 13.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  14. 14.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  16. 16.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  17. 17.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  18. 18.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  19. 19.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) orange
  21. 21.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  22. 22.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  25. 25.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) green (d) purple
  26. 26.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) red (c) green (d) purple
  27. 27.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  30. 30.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  32. 32.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  34. 34.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  36. 36.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) three neutral colours (b) two primary colours (c) two secondary colours (d) black and white

Answer key

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

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