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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 904 · 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? ? + yellow = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green (d) red
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) purple
  4. 4.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  5. 5.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  6. 6.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  7. 7.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) yellow and blue (c) red and yellow (d) red and blue
  9. 9.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  12. 12.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  13. 13.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  14. 14.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) green (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red
  15. 15.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  16. 16.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) orange (d) green
  17. 17.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  18. 18.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) blue and red
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) green (d) orange
  20. 20.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) purple (c) red (d) orange
  21. 21.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  22. 22.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and blue (b) blue and red (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and red
  29. 29.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  30. 30.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) blue and red (c) red and blue (d) red and yellow
  31. 31.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  32. 32.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  34. 34.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  35. 35.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) blue (c) orange (d) green
  37. 37.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  39. 39.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) yellow and blue (c) red and yellow (d) yellow and red

Answer key

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

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