Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 220 · 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.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
2. 2.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
3. 3.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
4. 4.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
5. 5.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) red and blue
7. 7.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the secondary colours (b) the tertiary colours (c) the primary colours (d) brown and grey
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) orange
9. 9.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
11. 11.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
12. 12.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and yellow (c) red and blue (d) yellow and red
13. 13.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) blue and red (d) red and yellow
15. 15.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) green (c) orange (d) purple
20. 20.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) yellow (d) orange
24. 24.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
25. 25.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
26. 26.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) red (c) orange (d) green
28. 28.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
30. 30.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) orange
31. 31.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
32. 32.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) blue
33. 33.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
34. 34.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) red (c) purple (d) yellow
36. 36.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
37. 37.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
38. 38.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) two secondary colours (c) three neutral colours (d) two primary colours

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