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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 963 · 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.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  2. 2.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) yellow (c) orange (d) purple
  3. 3.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) purple (d) green
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) red (c) orange (d) blue
  6. 6.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  8. 8.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  9. 9.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and yellow (c) red and blue (d) yellow and red
  10. 10.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  11. 11.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) purple
  13. 13.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  16. 16.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  18. 18.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) green (d) red
  20. 20.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) orange (c) red (d) green
  21. 21.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  23. 23.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  24. 24.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  28. 28.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  29. 29.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  30. 30.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and yellow (c) blue and red (d) yellow and red
  31. 31.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  32. 32.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  33. 33.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) blue and yellow (c) red and blue (d) yellow and red
  34. 34.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) red (c) orange (d) yellow
  36. 36.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  40. 40.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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