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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 894 · 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 primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  2. 2.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) purple (c) red (d) orange
  3. 3.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  5. 5.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  6. 6.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  8. 8.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  9. 9.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  10. 10.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) yellow (d) orange
  11. 11.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  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) blue (b) green (c) red (d) yellow
  14. 14.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) purple (c) orange (d) green
  16. 16.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  17. 17.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) orange
  19. 19.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  20. 20.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  22. 22.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  23. 23.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) green
  24. 24.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  25. 25.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  26. 26.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  27. 27.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the secondary colours (b) brown and grey (c) the primary colours (d) the tertiary colours
  29. 29.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) blue and red
  30. 30.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  32. 32.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) yellow (c) orange (d) purple
  35. 35.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  36. 36.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two primary colours (b) black and white (c) three neutral colours (d) two secondary colours
  37. 37.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  39. 39.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) blue (c) purple (d) orange

Answer key

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

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