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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 968 · 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) blue (c) purple (d) orange
  2. 2.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) orange (d) red
  5. 5.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  6. 6.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) purple (c) red (d) orange
  8. 8.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  9. 9.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) orange (d) green
  11. 11.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  12. 12.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  13. 13.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  14. 14.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  15. 15.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and red (b) yellow and blue (c) red and blue (d) blue and yellow
  16. 16.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and red (d) red and yellow
  19. 19.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) red
  20. 20.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  22. 22.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  24. 24.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  25. 25.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  26. 26.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  28. 28.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  31. 31.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) purple (d) green
  32. 32.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) three neutral colours (b) two secondary colours (c) two primary colours (d) black and white
  34. 34.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  36. 36.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) yellow and red (d) red and blue
  38. 38.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  39. 39.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange

Answer key

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

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