Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 157 · 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: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
3. 3.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) orange (c) blue (d) yellow
5. 5.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
6. 6.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) red (c) green (d) orange
7. 7.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) red and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and blue
8. 8.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
9. 9.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
10. 10.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
11. 11.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
12. 12.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) purple (c) yellow (d) green
13. 13.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) green (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red
14. 14.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
17. 17.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
18. 18.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
19. 19.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) green (c) red (d) purple
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) orange (c) purple (d) green
24. 24.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
25. 25.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two primary colours (b) black and white (c) two secondary colours (d) three neutral colours
26. 26.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
29. 29.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
31. 31.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) blue
32. 32.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
34. 34.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and blue (b) blue and red (c) red and yellow (d) yellow and blue
35. 35.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the secondary colours (b) brown and grey (c) the tertiary colours (d) the primary colours
36. 36.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) blue and red (c) yellow and red (d) yellow and blue
37. 37.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
38. 38.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
39. 39.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
40. 40.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) purple (d) red

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