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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 615 · 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.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) blue and red (c) yellow and blue (d) red and yellow
  2. 2.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) blue
  5. 5.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) blue and red (c) red and yellow (d) yellow and blue
  6. 6.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  7. 7.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  9. 9.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  10. 10.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) yellow and red (d) red and blue
  14. 14.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) blue (c) green (d) yellow
  15. 15.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red
  16. 16.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue (c) green (d) yellow
  18. 18.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  21. 21.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) orange (d) green
  23. 23.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) brown and grey (b) the tertiary colours (c) the primary colours (d) the secondary colours
  24. 24.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  25. 25.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  26. 26.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  28. 28.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red (b) purple (c) orange (d) green
  29. 29.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) orange (c) red (d) yellow
  31. 31.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and blue (b) blue and yellow (c) yellow and red (d) red and blue
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) purple (c) orange (d) green
  34. 34.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  35. 35.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) purple
  37. 37.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) yellow
  39. 39.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) purple
  40. 40.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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