Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 161 · 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: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and blue (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) blue and red
3. 3.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) blue (b) green (c) orange (d) purple
4. 4.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
5. 5.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
6. 6.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) yellow
7. 7.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and red (b) blue and yellow (c) yellow and red (d) red and yellow
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) purple (c) red (d) yellow
9. 9.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) three neutral colours (b) two secondary colours (c) black and white (d) two primary colours
10. 10.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) green (d) blue
11. 11.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.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
15. 15.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and blue (b) yellow and blue (c) yellow and red (d) red and yellow
17. 17.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) red
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) orange (c) green (d) purple
19. 19.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
20. 20.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
21. 21.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
24. 24.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
25. 25.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
26. 26.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) red (d) blue
27. 27.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
28. 28.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
29. 29.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
31. 31.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
32. 32.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
33. 33.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs red. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
37. 37.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) yellow and blue (c) yellow and red (d) red and yellow
39. 39.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
40. 40.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour

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