Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 216 · 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) red (b) purple (c) blue (d) yellow
2. 2.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
5. 5.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) red and blue (c) yellow and blue (d) yellow and red
6. 6.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
7. 7.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
8. 8.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue (c) purple (d) yellow
11. 11.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
12. 12.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
13. 13.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs blue. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
18. 18.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
19. 19.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green (d) blue
20. 20.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) orange
21. 21.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
25. 25.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
26. 26.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) purple (c) green (d) orange
28. 28.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
29. 29.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) three neutral colours (b) black and white (c) two secondary colours (d) two primary colours
34. 34.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and blue (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) yellow and red
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) green (d) orange
36. 36.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) blue (c) red (d) yellow
38. 38.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) green (b) blue (c) yellow (d) red
39. 39.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and red (d) red and blue
40. 40.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow

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