Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

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

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