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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 947 · 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: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red
  7. 7.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red (d) green
  9. 9.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and red (d) blue and red
  10. 10.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) red (c) orange (d) blue
  11. 11.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  12. 12.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) yellow
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) orange (c) purple (d) green
  15. 15.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  16. 16.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  17. 17.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) red (c) green (d) purple
  18. 18.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  19. 19.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) red and blue (d) yellow and blue
  20. 20.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  21. 21.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  24. 24.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  25. 25.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  31. 31.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  32. 32.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) purple (d) green
  33. 33.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  34. 34.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  36. 36.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) red (c) green (d) orange
  39. 39.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  40. 40.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour

Answer key

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

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