Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 219 · 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.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
2. 2.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
3. 3.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
4. 4.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
8. 8.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) brown and grey (b) the primary colours (c) the tertiary colours (d) the secondary colours
9. 9.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
11. 11.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) green (b) blue (c) yellow (d) red
14. 14.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) red and blue (d) yellow and blue
15. 15.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
16. 16.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
17. 17.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) yellow (c) orange (d) purple
18. 18.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) purple (d) red
20. 20.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
22. 22.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) blue (c) orange (d) green
24. 24.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
26. 26.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
28. 28.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
29. 29.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs red. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) orange (c) yellow (d) blue
32. 32.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) yellow and red (c) yellow and blue (d) blue and red
33. 33.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
34. 34.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) three neutral colours (b) two primary colours (c) black and white (d) two secondary colours
35. 35.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
37. 37.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) red (c) yellow (d) blue
40. 40.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False

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