Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 145 · 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 primary colours do painters mix with?
2. 2.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and blue (b) yellow and red (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and blue
3. 3.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
4. 4.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
5. 5.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
6. 6.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the tertiary colours (b) the secondary colours (c) brown and grey (d) the primary colours
7. 7.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
9. 9.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and red (b) red and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) blue and red
10. 10.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
11. 11.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) blue (c) orange (d) green
12. 12.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
13. 13.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
14. 14.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
15. 15.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
16. 16.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
17. 17.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
18. 18.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) blue (d) red
20. 20.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
21. 21.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
23. 23.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) purple (c) blue (d) yellow
24. 24.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) three neutral colours (b) two primary colours (c) black and white (d) two secondary colours
25. 25.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) orange
26. 26.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
27. 27.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
29. 29.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
31. 31.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow (b) green (c) purple (d) orange
32. 32.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
35. 35.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
37. 37.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) green (c) purple (d) orange
39. 39.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False

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