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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 982 · 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.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  2. 2.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  3. 3.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) purple (c) yellow (d) red
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) green (d) red
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) red (c) purple (d) orange
  7. 7.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  9. 9.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) green (d) red
  11. 11.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) orange (c) yellow (d) blue
  12. 12.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and blue (c) yellow and red (d) blue and red
  14. 14.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  16. 16.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  17. 17.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and red (c) red and blue (d) yellow and blue
  18. 18.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) red
  19. 19.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  20. 20.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  25. 25.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  29. 29.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and red (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and red
  30. 30.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  32. 32.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  35. 35.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) blue (b) purple (c) orange (d) green
  36. 36.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) three neutral colours (b) black and white (c) two primary colours (d) two secondary colours
  38. 38.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  39. 39.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs red. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) red and blue

Answer key

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

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