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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 992 · 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 secondary colours are there?
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) green (c) orange (d) purple
  3. 3.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  4. 4.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) purple (c) yellow (d) red
  6. 6.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) orange (d) blue
  7. 7.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  8. 8.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs red. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  10. 10.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) green (c) red (d) yellow
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) orange (c) purple (d) green
  12. 12.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and blue (c) yellow and red (d) red and yellow
  13. 13.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and blue (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) red and yellow
  14. 14.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  15. 15.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  16. 16.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) red and blue (d) blue and yellow
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) green (c) red (d) blue
  18. 18.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and red (c) blue and yellow (d) red and yellow
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) green (c) yellow (d) orange
  20. 20.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) red
  21. 21.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) two secondary colours (c) two primary colours (d) three neutral colours
  23. 23.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  24. 24.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  25. 25.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) orange (c) yellow (d) red
  27. 27.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  29. 29.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  30. 30.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  31. 31.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  32. 32.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and yellow (c) blue and red (d) yellow and blue
  33. 33.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  35. 35.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  40. 40.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange

Answer key

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

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