Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 14 · 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.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
2. 2.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
3. 3.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
4. 4.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
5. 5.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
8. 8.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
11. 11.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
12. 12.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
13. 13.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
17. 17.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) red and blue (c) yellow and blue (d) red and yellow
18. 18.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red (d) green
20. 20.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
21. 21.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
22. 22.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) red and yellow (d) blue and red
23. 23.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) red
26. 26.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
27. 27.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
29. 29.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
30. 30.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and red (c) red and yellow (d) yellow and blue
31. 31.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) yellow (c) orange (d) purple
33. 33.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
35. 35.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
36. 36.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) orange (c) blue (d) green
37. 37.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
38. 38.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two secondary colours (b) two primary colours (c) black and white (d) three neutral colours
39. 39.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
40. 40.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour

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