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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 996 · 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.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  2. 2.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) green (c) yellow (d) blue
  4. 4.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  6. 6.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and red (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and red (d) yellow and blue
  8. 8.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and blue (c) red and yellow (d) blue and red
  9. 9.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) red and blue (d) blue and yellow
  10. 10.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  11. 11.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  12. 12.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  13. 13.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) yellow and blue (d) red and blue
  17. 17.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  18. 18.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  19. 19.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) green (d) blue
  21. 21.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  23. 23.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  24. 24.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) green (d) purple
  25. 25.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red
  26. 26.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  27. 27.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  28. 28.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) three neutral colours (b) two secondary colours (c) black and white (d) two primary colours
  29. 29.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the tertiary colours (b) the secondary colours (c) brown and grey (d) the primary colours
  30. 30.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) purple (b) blue (c) red (d) yellow
  32. 32.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) orange (d) red
  34. 34.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) yellow
  36. 36.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  37. 37.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  38. 38.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and blue (c) yellow and red (d) red and blue
  39. 39.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  40. 40.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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