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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 887 · 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? blue + ? = green (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  2. 2.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) yellow
  4. 4.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and red (d) red and yellow
  6. 6.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  7. 7.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) orange (c) green (d) purple
  9. 9.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  11. 11.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  12. 12.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) blue (d) red
  14. 14.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and blue (b) red and yellow (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and red
  16. 16.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs red. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) green (c) yellow (d) red
  19. 19.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  20. 20.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) purple (c) yellow (d) blue
  22. 22.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  24. 24.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) yellow
  27. 27.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) blue and red
  28. 28.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) green (c) blue (d) yellow
  35. 35.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) orange (d) red
  37. 37.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  38. 38.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  39. 39.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) yellow and red (c) blue and yellow (d) red and yellow
  40. 40.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?

Answer key

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

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