Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 171 · 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 paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
2. 2.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the secondary colours (b) the primary colours (c) brown and grey (d) the tertiary colours
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) green (c) orange (d) purple
4. 4.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
7. 7.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) blue (b) purple (c) orange (d) green
12. 12.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
13. 13.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and yellow (c) blue and yellow (d) blue and red
14. 14.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
15. 15.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
16. 16.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) yellow and blue (d) blue and red
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) orange
19. 19.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
21. 21.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
23. 23.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
24. 24.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
25. 25.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
26. 26.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
28. 28.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) red
32. 32.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
34. 34.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) three neutral colours (b) two secondary colours (c) black and white (d) two primary colours
35. 35.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) red and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and red
36. 36.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
38. 38.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
40. 40.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False

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