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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 930 · 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) orange (b) green (c) purple
  2. 2.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  3. 3.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) yellow and red (c) red and blue (d) blue and yellow
  4. 4.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  5. 5.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and blue (c) blue and red (d) red and yellow
  6. 6.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  7. 7.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  8. 8.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) orange (b) red (c) blue (d) yellow
  9. 9.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  11. 11.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  13. 13.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) red (c) purple (d) green
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) purple (d) yellow
  15. 15.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  16. 16.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  17. 17.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and blue (c) yellow and blue (d) red and yellow
  18. 18.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  20. 20.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  21. 21.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  22. 22.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and blue (b) blue and yellow (c) red and yellow (d) blue and red
  23. 23.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  26. 26.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) orange (d) green
  28. 28.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) red and blue (c) red and yellow (d) yellow and blue
  29. 29.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the primary colours (b) the secondary colours (c) the tertiary colours (d) brown and grey
  30. 30.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  31. 31.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) red (c) green (d) yellow
  32. 32.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  33. 33.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) green (d) red
  38. 38.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  40. 40.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow

Answer key

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

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