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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 899 · 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.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  2. 2.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  5. 5.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  7. 7.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  8. 8.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  9. 9.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  10. 10.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  11. 11.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  12. 12.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) blue and yellow (c) yellow and red (d) blue and red
  13. 13.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) orange (c) red (d) purple
  16. 16.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  18. 18.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  19. 19.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  20. 20.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and yellow (c) blue and yellow (d) blue and red
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) yellow
  22. 22.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  23. 23.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) two primary colours (c) three neutral colours (d) two secondary colours
  24. 24.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) purple (c) blue (d) yellow
  26. 26.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  27. 27.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and red (b) blue and yellow (c) red and blue (d) red and yellow
  30. 30.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) yellow
  32. 32.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  33. 33.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and blue (c) red and yellow (d) yellow and red
  34. 34.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  35. 35.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) red
  40. 40.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) green

Answer key

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

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