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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 931 · 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 green? (a) red and blue (b) yellow and red (c) yellow and blue (d) red and yellow
  2. 2.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  3. 3.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  4. 4.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  8. 8.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) green
  9. 9.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  10. 10.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  11. 11.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  12. 12.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and yellow (b) red and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and red
  13. 13.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  14. 14.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  15. 15.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  16. 16.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  17. 17.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  18. 18.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and blue (c) yellow and blue (d) yellow and red
  20. 20.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and blue (c) red and yellow (d) blue and red
  21. 21.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  22. 22.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue (c) green (d) yellow
  25. 25.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  26. 26.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) purple (c) yellow (d) blue
  28. 28.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  30. 30.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and yellow (c) red and blue (d) yellow and blue
  33. 33.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) yellow
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) red
  35. 35.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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