Answer: Mix two primary colours to get a secondary colour; colour in one direction neatly.
4Why is it important?
Answer: Colours express feelings and make art lively.
5What happens if something changes?
Answer: Adding white makes a colour lighter (tint); black makes it darker (shade).
6What should I remember for the exam?
Answer: Colour mixing and neat colouring.
📗 Full lesson: Drawing, colour and shape
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🖼️ 2D concept map
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Colour mixer where dragging two paints together shows the new colour
ℹ️ Screen colours differ from paints.
🎯 Learning outcomes
Draw simple shapes, lines and everyday objects
Name primary colours and mix them to make secondary colours
Use colours freely to express feelings and ideas
Before you start: Holding a crayon or pencil.
📖 Explanation
Drawing starts with lines: straight, curved, zigzag and dotted. Lines join to make shapes: circles, squares, triangles. Everyday things can be drawn from shapes: a house from a square and a triangle, a cat from circles.
The primary colours are red, yellow and blue. Mixing two gives secondary colours: red + yellow = orange, yellow + blue = green, blue + red = purple.
Colours show feelings: bright colours for happy pictures, dark colours for night or sad moods. There is no single right way; art is a way to share ideas.
🇮🇳 Example from India
Children paint a mango tree using green for leaves, brown for the trunk and yellow-orange for ripe mangoes.
⚠️ Common mistake
✗ A good drawing must look exactly like a photograph ✓ Art can be imaginative; simple shapes and bold colours can make beautiful pictures.
🧪 Try this activity
Mix poster colours on a paper plate to make orange, green and purple, then paint a rainbow.
✍️ Question bank with answers
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Multiple choice1 mark · easy
Yellow + blue makes
Answer
C. green
Mixing yellow and blue gives green.
Multiple choice1 mark · easy
Which is a primary colour?
Answer
B. red
Red is primary.
Multiple choice1 mark · easy
A house can be drawn with a square and a
Answer
B. triangle
The roof is a triangle.
Very short answer1 mark · easy
Name the three primary colours.
Answer
red, yellow and blue
Very short answer1 mark · easy
What colour do red and yellow make?
Answer
orange
Short answer2 marks · medium
Draw a cat using circles and describe the shapes you used.
Marking points
Big circle for body, small circle for head
Triangles for ears
Long answer4 marks · hard
Draw your family at a festival and colour it. Say why you chose your colours.
Marking points
Family members drawn
Festival details
Colour choices explained
Application2 marks · medium
You have only red, yellow and blue paints. How will you paint green leaves?
Answer
Mix yellow and blue
Diagram / label2 marks · medium
Draw a colour wheel with three primary and three secondary colours.
Answer
Primary and secondary colours in a circle
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