Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 225 · 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? ? + red = purple (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
2. 2.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and yellow (b) red and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and blue
4. 4.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
5. 5.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
7. 7.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) purple (d) green
8. 8.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
9. 9.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) red (c) green (d) yellow
10. 10.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
11. 11.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red (d) orange
12. 12.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and red (d) red and yellow
13. 13.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
14. 14.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
17. 17.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
18. 18.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green (d) red
21. 21.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
22. 22.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two secondary colours (b) black and white (c) two primary colours (d) three neutral colours
23. 23.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
24. 24.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the tertiary colours (b) the primary colours (c) brown and grey (d) the secondary colours
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) red (d) blue
27. 27.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
28. 28.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
29. 29.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
31. 31.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
32. 32.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
35. 35.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) orange (c) purple (d) green
37. 37.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
40. 40.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True

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