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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 961 · 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) blue (b) green (c) red (d) yellow
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) orange (c) red (d) yellow
  3. 3.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  4. 4.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green (d) red
  6. 6.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  7. 7.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) orange
  8. 8.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  10. 10.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  12. 12.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  13. 13.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and red (b) red and blue (c) yellow and blue (d) red and yellow
  15. 15.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and red (c) red and blue (d) blue and yellow
  17. 17.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) blue and yellow (c) red and yellow (d) yellow and red
  18. 18.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  19. 19.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  21. 21.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) purple (c) yellow (d) blue
  22. 22.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  24. 24.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) three neutral colours (c) two primary colours (d) two secondary colours
  25. 25.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  26. 26.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  27. 27.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  29. 29.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  31. 31.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and blue (b) blue and red (c) yellow and blue (d) red and yellow
  33. 33.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  34. 34.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  35. 35.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  37. 37.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) green
  38. 38.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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