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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 965 · 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: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  3. 3.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  4. 4.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) red (d) purple
  5. 5.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  6. 6.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  7. 7.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) orange
  10. 10.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) purple (d) green
  12. 12.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  13. 13.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  15. 15.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  18. 18.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  22. 22.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  23. 23.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  24. 24.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) blue and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) yellow and red
  25. 25.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  26. 26.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  27. 27.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) red (c) blue (d) yellow
  29. 29.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  32. 32.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  33. 33.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) blue and yellow (d) red and blue
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) red
  35. 35.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) purple (c) orange (d) green
  38. 38.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) blue
  39. 39.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) orange
  40. 40.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red (d) purple

Answer key

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

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