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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 907 · 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) green (c) yellow (d) purple
  2. 2.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and blue (b) yellow and blue (c) red and yellow (d) blue and red
  3. 3.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  5. 5.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) blue
  6. 6.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) blue and yellow (c) red and blue (d) yellow and red
  7. 7.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two primary colours (b) three neutral colours (c) two secondary colours (d) black and white
  8. 8.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  9. 9.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  11. 11.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  12. 12.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  13. 13.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  16. 16.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  17. 17.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  18. 18.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  19. 19.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and red (c) red and blue (d) yellow and blue
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) green
  21. 21.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  22. 22.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  28. 28.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  29. 29.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the secondary colours (b) the tertiary colours (c) brown and grey (d) the primary colours
  33. 33.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  34. 34.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  35. 35.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) green
  36. 36.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) red
  37. 37.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  39. 39.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  40. 40.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour

Answer key

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

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