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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 890 · 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: purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) purple (c) yellow (d) blue
  3. 3.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  4. 4.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) orange (d) green
  6. 6.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) green (d) purple
  7. 7.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) three neutral colours (b) two secondary colours (c) black and white (d) two primary colours
  10. 10.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  11. 11.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) green (c) blue (d) yellow
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) blue (d) red
  14. 14.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  15. 15.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and blue (c) blue and red (d) yellow and red
  17. 17.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  19. 19.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  20. 20.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  23. 23.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  24. 24.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  26. 26.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) red and blue (c) blue and red (d) yellow and blue
  27. 27.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  29. 29.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) blue
  30. 30.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) orange (c) blue (d) green
  32. 32.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) purple (c) red (d) green
  34. 34.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) blue and red (c) yellow and red (d) red and yellow
  37. 37.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) orange (c) red (d) green

Answer key

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

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