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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 944 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) orange (d) red
  2. 2.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  3. 3.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  4. 4.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  5. 5.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  6. 6.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) blue and red (c) red and yellow (d) red and blue
  7. 7.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two secondary colours (b) three neutral colours (c) two primary colours (d) black and white
  9. 9.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  10. 10.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  11. 11.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
  12. 12.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  13. 13.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  14. 14.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and blue (b) blue and red (c) yellow and red (d) red and yellow
  15. 15.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  16. 16.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) yellow
  17. 17.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  19. 19.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) orange (d) blue
  21. 21.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) red (d) orange
  22. 22.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  24. 24.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  28. 28.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) blue (c) orange (d) purple
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) red (c) blue (d) yellow
  31. 31.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) green (c) yellow (d) blue
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) green (c) red (d) purple
  33. 33.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  34. 34.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  36. 36.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  37. 37.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) purple (c) yellow (d) red
  40. 40.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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