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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 926 · 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 paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  2. 2.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and red (c) red and blue (d) blue and yellow
  3. 3.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  4. 4.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  5. 5.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  6. 6.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) blue and red
  8. 8.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  9. 9.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) purple (d) green
  11. 11.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  12. 12.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  13. 13.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  15. 15.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  18. 18.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  19. 19.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs red. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) blue and yellow (c) red and blue (d) red and yellow
  26. 26.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and blue (b) blue and yellow (c) yellow and red (d) yellow and blue
  27. 27.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  28. 28.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and yellow (c) blue and red (d) yellow and blue
  29. 29.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) blue and red (c) yellow and red (d) yellow and blue
  30. 30.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  31. 31.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs red. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  36. 36.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) purple (c) red (d) yellow
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) green
  38. 38.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) green (c) blue (d) red
  39. 39.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) brown and grey (b) the secondary colours (c) the tertiary colours (d) the primary colours
  40. 40.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour

Answer key

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

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