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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 905 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) yellow
  2. 2.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) two secondary colours (c) three neutral colours (d) two primary colours
  3. 3.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) purple (c) red (d) green
  5. 5.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) red and blue (d) blue and yellow
  7. 7.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) green (c) blue (d) red
  8. 8.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  9. 9.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the primary colours (b) the secondary colours (c) brown and grey (d) the tertiary colours
  11. 11.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  13. 13.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  14. 14.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red (d) green
  17. 17.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  18. 18.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  19. 19.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  21. 21.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow (c) orange (d) blue
  23. 23.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) red (c) orange (d) purple
  28. 28.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  31. 31.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) yellow and blue (c) red and blue (d) red and yellow
  32. 32.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  33. 33.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) blue (c) green (d) purple
  37. 37.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  39. 39.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) purple (d) red
  40. 40.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange

Answer key

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

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