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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 924 · 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 two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) yellow and red (c) blue and red (d) blue and yellow
  2. 2.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and blue (b) blue and yellow (c) red and blue (d) red and yellow
  3. 3.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) purple
  4. 4.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  5. 5.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and yellow (c) blue and red (d) blue and yellow
  6. 6.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and red (b) red and yellow (c) red and blue (d) blue and yellow
  7. 7.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and blue (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) blue and red
  8. 8.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red
  9. 9.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  11. 11.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  12. 12.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  13. 13.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) yellow and blue (c) red and blue (d) red and yellow
  14. 14.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) blue (b) green (c) purple (d) orange
  15. 15.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) purple (d) green
  16. 16.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  17. 17.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) red (c) purple (d) orange
  18. 18.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  20. 20.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) green (b) red (c) yellow (d) blue
  21. 21.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) green
  23. 23.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  25. 25.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  28. 28.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  29. 29.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) yellow
  31. 31.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  33. 33.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  36. 36.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  39. 39.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs red. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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