Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 143 · 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) red (b) purple (c) yellow (d) blue
2. 2.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
4. 4.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
6. 6.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) brown and grey (b) the secondary colours (c) the tertiary colours (d) the primary colours
7. 7.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
8. 8.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs red. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and blue (c) red and yellow (d) blue and yellow
10. 10.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) purple
11. 11.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) blue (b) orange (c) green (d) purple
12. 12.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
13. 13.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
14. 14.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
15. 15.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
16. 16.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two secondary colours (b) black and white (c) three neutral colours (d) two primary colours
19. 19.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
20. 20.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and red (c) red and yellow (d) blue and yellow
21. 21.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
22. 22.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) yellow and red (c) yellow and blue (d) blue and red
24. 24.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) green (d) purple
26. 26.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) red (d) orange
27. 27.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
28. 28.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
29. 29.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) purple (c) red (d) green
31. 31.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) blue (c) green (d) orange
33. 33.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
34. 34.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) yellow and blue (c) red and blue (d) red and yellow
35. 35.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
36. 36.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
37. 37.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
38. 38.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True

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