Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 189 · 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.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
2. 2.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
4. 4.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) orange (b) blue (c) yellow (d) red
6. 6.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) red (d) purple
7. 7.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) blue (b) orange (c) purple (d) green
8. 8.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) three neutral colours (c) two primary colours (d) two secondary colours
9. 9.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
10. 10.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
13. 13.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
14. 14.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) red (c) purple (d) blue
16. 16.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) red (c) purple (d) blue
18. 18.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
19. 19.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) red (c) yellow (d) blue
21. 21.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
22. 22.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
23. 23.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) green (d) purple
24. 24.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and red (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) blue and red
25. 25.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and blue (b) yellow and blue (c) yellow and red (d) red and yellow
27. 27.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
28. 28.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
30. 30.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and yellow (c) blue and red (d) red and blue
31. 31.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
33. 33.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
34. 34.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) yellow (c) orange (d) purple
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) orange (c) blue (d) yellow
37. 37.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
40. 40.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True

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