Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 222 · 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 blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
2. 2.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
6. 6.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the tertiary colours (b) brown and grey (c) the secondary colours (d) the primary colours
7. 7.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) orange
9. 9.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) red and yellow (c) red and blue (d) yellow and blue
10. 10.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
11. 11.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) green
12. 12.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two secondary colours (b) two primary colours (c) black and white (d) three neutral colours
14. 14.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs red. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) orange (d) red
18. 18.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) green (d) orange
19. 19.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
21. 21.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
23. 23.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
25. 25.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) yellow and red (d) red and blue
26. 26.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
27. 27.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
29. 29.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
31. 31.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) yellow
36. 36.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
37. 37.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) green (c) red (d) blue
39. 39.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) purple (c) blue (d) orange

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