Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 20 · 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 of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) purple
2. 2.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) red (d) blue
4. 4.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
5. 5.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) three neutral colours (c) two primary colours (d) two secondary colours
6. 6.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) yellow and red (c) blue and yellow (d) red and blue
7. 7.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
10. 10.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
12. 12.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
15. 15.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
16. 16.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and red (c) yellow and red (d) blue and yellow
18. 18.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
19. 19.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
20. 20.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
23. 23.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) orange (b) red (c) blue (d) yellow
25. 25.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
26. 26.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the primary colours (b) brown and grey (c) the tertiary colours (d) the secondary colours
27. 27.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
28. 28.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) green (c) blue (d) yellow
30. 30.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
31. 31.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red (b) orange (c) purple (d) green
32. 32.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
37. 37.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
40. 40.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False

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