Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 236 · 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) orange (b) purple (c) green
2. 2.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
3. 3.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
4. 4.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) yellow (c) red (d) blue
6. 6.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
7. 7.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
8. 8.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two primary colours (b) two secondary colours (c) three neutral colours (d) black and white
9. 9.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red (d) orange
11. 11.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
13. 13.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) red (c) orange (d) purple
15. 15.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
16. 16.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and yellow (b) blue and red (c) red and yellow (d) red and blue
17. 17.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and blue (c) red and yellow (d) red and blue
18. 18.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) orange (c) red (d) green
22. 22.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
23. 23.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and yellow (b) red and blue (c) yellow and blue (d) yellow and red
25. 25.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
27. 27.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
28. 28.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
29. 29.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the primary colours (b) the tertiary colours (c) brown and grey (d) the secondary colours
30. 30.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) red (c) green (d) yellow
31. 31.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
33. 33.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green (d) blue
35. 35.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
36. 36.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) red (d) blue
39. 39.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False

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