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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 99 · 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.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  4. 4.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and red (d) red and yellow
  5. 5.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) orange
  6. 6.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  7. 7.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) blue
  9. 9.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  10. 10.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) red and blue
  11. 11.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) green (d) purple
  12. 12.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) blue
  14. 14.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  15. 15.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and blue (c) yellow and red (d) blue and red
  16. 16.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and blue (b) blue and red (c) blue and yellow (d) red and yellow
  17. 17.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  18. 18.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  20. 20.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  21. 21.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) purple (b) blue (c) yellow (d) red
  22. 22.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  24. 24.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) orange (c) yellow (d) blue
  27. 27.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  28. 28.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) green (c) blue (d) red
  29. 29.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  30. 30.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  31. 31.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  32. 32.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  33. 33.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  34. 34.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  35. 35.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) red (d) orange
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) green (c) blue (d) red
  37. 37.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  38. 38.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  40. 40.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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