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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 911 · 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) green (b) orange (c) purple
  2. 2.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  6. 6.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and blue (b) yellow and red (c) blue and yellow (d) blue and red
  7. 7.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  8. 8.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two primary colours (b) three neutral colours (c) two secondary colours (d) black and white
  9. 9.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  10. 10.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  11. 11.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) red and blue
  14. 14.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) red (c) green (d) purple
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) purple (c) blue (d) green
  17. 17.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  18. 18.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  19. 19.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  21. 21.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  22. 22.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) orange (c) red (d) green
  24. 24.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  25. 25.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) green (b) red (c) yellow (d) blue
  26. 26.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  27. 27.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  28. 28.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  29. 29.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) orange (d) green
  31. 31.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) orange (c) blue (d) yellow
  33. 33.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) purple (d) red
  35. 35.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  37. 37.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) yellow
  38. 38.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) red and blue
  39. 39.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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