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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 922 · 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.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  3. 3.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  4. 4.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and yellow (c) blue and red (d) yellow and red
  6. 6.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) red (d) blue
  8. 8.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  10. 10.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red
  11. 11.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two secondary colours (b) two primary colours (c) black and white (d) three neutral colours
  12. 12.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  13. 13.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  14. 14.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  15. 15.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue (c) green (d) yellow
  17. 17.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  18. 18.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) red
  20. 20.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the secondary colours (b) brown and grey (c) the primary colours (d) the tertiary colours
  21. 21.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and blue (b) yellow and red (c) red and yellow (d) blue and red
  24. 24.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  25. 25.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  26. 26.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) green
  27. 27.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  30. 30.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) blue (c) red (d) yellow
  32. 32.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  33. 33.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  34. 34.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and yellow (c) blue and red (d) yellow and red
  36. 36.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red
  39. 39.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red (b) orange (c) purple (d) green

Answer key

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

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