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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 971 · 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 secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) purple (c) yellow (d) red
  3. 3.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  4. 4.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green (d) red
  5. 5.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  6. 6.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  8. 8.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  9. 9.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  10. 10.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  11. 11.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  14. 14.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) green (c) red (d) yellow
  15. 15.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  16. 16.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  17. 17.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  18. 18.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green (d) yellow
  20. 20.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  21. 21.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) orange
  24. 24.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  27. 27.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and red (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and red (d) yellow and blue
  28. 28.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  29. 29.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  30. 30.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) red and blue (d) blue and red
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) green (c) red (d) purple
  32. 32.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  34. 34.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) orange (c) yellow (d) blue
  36. 36.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  37. 37.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  38. 38.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  39. 39.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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