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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 915 · 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 red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  2. 2.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  4. 4.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  5. 5.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) blue
  6. 6.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  10. 10.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) red (c) orange (d) green
  11. 11.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) orange (d) red
  13. 13.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  15. 15.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  17. 17.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  18. 18.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  19. 19.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) red and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) red and yellow
  20. 20.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  21. 21.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  22. 22.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  23. 23.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) purple (c) yellow (d) orange
  24. 24.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  28. 28.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  29. 29.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  31. 31.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  32. 32.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and red (c) yellow and blue (d) red and blue
  34. 34.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) purple
  36. 36.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and yellow (b) red and blue (c) yellow and blue (d) blue and yellow
  37. 37.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) blue and red
  38. 38.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) red (c) green (d) blue
  39. 39.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  40. 40.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow

Answer key

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

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