Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 233 · 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) blue (b) yellow (c) red
2. 2.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) red (c) purple (d) orange
3. 3.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
4. 4.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
5. 5.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
6. 6.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
7. 7.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
8. 8.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) red and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) red and yellow
9. 9.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and yellow (c) blue and yellow (d) red and blue
10. 10.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) two primary colours (c) two secondary colours (d) three neutral colours
11. 11.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
13. 13.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) yellow (d) orange
15. 15.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
16. 16.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) orange (d) yellow
19. 19.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
20. 20.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
21. 21.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
23. 23.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) blue (c) orange (d) green
25. 25.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
26. 26.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) yellow (c) purple (d) orange
29. 29.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) yellow and red (d) red and blue
30. 30.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
32. 32.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) blue (c) yellow (d) red
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) orange (c) blue (d) green
36. 36.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the secondary colours (b) brown and grey (c) the tertiary colours (d) the primary colours
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) blue (c) red (d) yellow
38. 38.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) red (d) blue
39. 39.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
40. 40.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True

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