Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 153 · 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 are mixed to make one secondary colour?
2. 2.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
5. 5.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
6. 6.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) purple (b) red (c) yellow (d) blue
7. 7.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) orange
9. 9.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
11. 11.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) green (c) blue (d) orange
14. 14.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
16. 16.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the primary colours (b) brown and grey (c) the tertiary colours (d) the secondary colours
18. 18.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
19. 19.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) blue (c) red (d) yellow
22. 22.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
23. 23.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
25. 25.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) orange (d) green
28. 28.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
29. 29.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two secondary colours (b) two primary colours (c) black and white (d) three neutral colours
30. 30.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
31. 31.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) blue (c) green (d) purple
34. 34.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
35. 35.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
37. 37.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
38. 38.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
39. 39.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) red and blue (c) yellow and blue (d) red and yellow

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