Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 217 · 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? ? + yellow = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
2. 2.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
3. 3.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and blue (c) yellow and blue (d) red and yellow
4. 4.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs blue. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
6. 6.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
9. 9.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
10. 10.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs blue. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red (b) orange (c) purple (d) green
12. 12.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
14. 14.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
16. 16.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow (b) green (c) purple (d) orange
19. 19.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
20. 20.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) brown and grey (b) the secondary colours (c) the primary colours (d) the tertiary colours
21. 21.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
24. 24.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) three neutral colours (b) two primary colours (c) black and white (d) two secondary colours
26. 26.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) red
29. 29.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) blue
31. 31.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
32. 32.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) red (d) blue
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue (c) orange (d) yellow
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red
35. 35.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
36. 36.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
37. 37.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) blue and red (c) red and yellow (d) blue and yellow
39. 39.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?

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