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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 909 · 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) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) orange
  2. 2.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  3. 3.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) orange (d) red
  5. 5.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  6. 6.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  7. 7.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  9. 9.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  10. 10.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) green (c) red (d) blue
  13. 13.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  14. 14.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  16. 16.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  17. 17.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  18. 18.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  19. 19.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) red and blue (d) yellow and red
  20. 20.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  22. 22.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  23. 23.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) blue
  24. 24.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  26. 26.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) red (c) orange (d) green
  29. 29.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  30. 30.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  31. 31.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) green (b) blue (c) red (d) yellow
  32. 32.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) yellow (c) purple (d) orange
  35. 35.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  36. 36.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) red and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) blue and red
  37. 37.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) brown and grey (b) the tertiary colours (c) the secondary colours (d) the primary colours
  38. 38.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) red (c) purple (d) blue
  40. 40.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue

Answer key

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

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