Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

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

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