Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 242 · 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.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
2. 2.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) green (d) red
4. 4.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
5. 5.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
7. 7.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
9. 9.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) purple (d) green
10. 10.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) red and yellow (c) blue and yellow (d) blue and red
11. 11.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
13. 13.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
14. 14.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
15. 15.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
17. 17.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two secondary colours (b) black and white (c) two primary colours (d) three neutral colours
19. 19.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) blue and red (c) yellow and blue (d) red and yellow
21. 21.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
23. 23.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) green
25. 25.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
28. 28.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
29. 29.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
30. 30.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green (d) red
31. 31.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and blue (b) blue and red (c) red and yellow (d) red and blue
33. 33.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
34. 34.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
36. 36.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) yellow and red (c) red and blue (d) blue and red
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) purple (c) yellow (d) orange
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) blue
39. 39.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
40. 40.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False

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