Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 124 · 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.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
3. 3.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
4. 4.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) yellow (d) purple
6. 6.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
7. 7.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
8. 8.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
9. 9.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the primary colours (b) the tertiary colours (c) brown and grey (d) the secondary colours
10. 10.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green (d) red
12. 12.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and red (d) blue and yellow
14. 14.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) yellow and blue (d) red and blue
15. 15.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
17. 17.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) purple (c) yellow (d) orange
19. 19.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
20. 20.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and blue (c) yellow and red (d) red and yellow
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) orange (c) blue (d) green
22. 22.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
23. 23.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
24. 24.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
26. 26.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) red
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) green (d) red
29. 29.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) orange
30. 30.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) blue
31. 31.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
32. 32.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
33. 33.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
34. 34.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two primary colours (b) two secondary colours (c) three neutral colours (d) black and white
37. 37.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
38. 38.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
39. 39.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True

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