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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 932 · 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 + ? = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  2. 2.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  3. 3.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) red and yellow (d) blue and red
  4. 4.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and red (b) yellow and blue (c) red and blue (d) blue and yellow
  5. 5.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  6. 6.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  9. 9.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  10. 10.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two secondary colours (b) three neutral colours (c) two primary colours (d) black and white
  14. 14.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and red (c) blue and yellow (d) red and blue
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) orange (c) red (d) green
  16. 16.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  17. 17.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) orange (c) red (d) green
  18. 18.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) brown and grey (b) the primary colours (c) the tertiary colours (d) the secondary colours
  19. 19.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  20. 20.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) blue
  21. 21.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) red and blue (c) yellow and blue (d) yellow and red
  23. 23.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  25. 25.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  28. 28.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  29. 29.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  30. 30.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  31. 31.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) purple (b) red (c) blue (d) yellow
  33. 33.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and blue (c) red and yellow (d) blue and yellow
  37. 37.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  38. 38.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  39. 39.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  40. 40.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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