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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 974 · 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 of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) purple (c) yellow (d) green
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) blue (c) red (d) yellow
  3. 3.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and red (b) red and yellow (c) blue and yellow (d) red and blue
  4. 4.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  5. 5.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) orange
  6. 6.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  7. 7.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  8. 8.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and red (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) blue and red
  10. 10.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) green (c) red (d) orange
  12. 12.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two secondary colours (b) three neutral colours (c) black and white (d) two primary colours
  14. 14.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  15. 15.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and blue (b) blue and red (c) yellow and red (d) red and yellow
  16. 16.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and yellow (c) red and blue (d) yellow and red
  19. 19.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  21. 21.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  22. 22.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  23. 23.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) green (d) red
  25. 25.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) red
  26. 26.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  29. 29.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  30. 30.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) orange (c) green (d) purple
  32. 32.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  33. 33.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  34. 34.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) blue and yellow (c) red and blue (d) red and yellow
  38. 38.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  39. 39.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  40. 40.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue

Answer key

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

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