Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 117 · 40 questions

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?

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

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