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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 960 · 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) green (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red
  2. 2.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) three neutral colours (b) black and white (c) two primary colours (d) two secondary colours
  4. 4.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and yellow (c) red and blue (d) blue and red
  7. 7.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the primary colours (b) the secondary colours (c) brown and grey (d) the tertiary colours
  8. 8.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  10. 10.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) red and blue (d) yellow and blue
  11. 11.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  13. 13.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  14. 14.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red (d) orange
  15. 15.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  18. 18.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  19. 19.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  20. 20.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and blue (c) blue and red (d) red and yellow
  21. 21.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  22. 22.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  24. 24.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  25. 25.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  26. 26.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  27. 27.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  28. 28.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) orange (c) red (d) green
  30. 30.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  31. 31.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  33. 33.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  38. 38.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green (d) red

Answer key

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

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