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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 967 · 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 green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  2. 2.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) yellow (c) purple (d) orange
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) orange (d) red
  4. 4.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  5. 5.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  6. 6.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) blue (c) orange (d) purple
  10. 10.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  12. 12.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  14. 14.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) blue and red (c) red and yellow (d) yellow and blue
  15. 15.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and red (c) yellow and blue (d) red and blue
  16. 16.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  17. 17.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) purple (c) red (d) orange
  18. 18.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) blue
  19. 19.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) red and blue (d) blue and red
  21. 21.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  23. 23.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  24. 24.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) blue and red
  25. 25.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) red (c) yellow (d) blue
  27. 27.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and blue (b) yellow and red (c) blue and yellow (d) red and blue
  28. 28.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) green
  30. 30.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) three neutral colours (b) black and white (c) two primary colours (d) two secondary colours
  36. 36.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) red
  38. 38.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange

Answer key

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

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