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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 941 · 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.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  3. 3.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) yellow and red (d) red and blue
  4. 4.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  5. 5.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) yellow and blue (d) blue and red
  6. 6.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  7. 7.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red
  8. 8.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  9. 9.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  10. 10.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  11. 11.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  12. 12.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the tertiary colours (b) the secondary colours (c) brown and grey (d) the primary colours
  13. 13.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  15. 15.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  16. 16.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  19. 19.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) blue (c) red (d) yellow
  22. 22.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  23. 23.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  24. 24.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) green (c) yellow (d) blue
  25. 25.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  26. 26.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red (d) purple
  28. 28.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  29. 29.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and blue (b) red and yellow (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and blue
  31. 31.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) red (c) purple (d) green
  33. 33.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  34. 34.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  35. 35.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  38. 38.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  39. 39.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue

Answer key

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

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