← Primary and secondary colours lesson New set →

Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 248 · 40 questions
TalentJR

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?

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

Answer key

  1. 3
  2. purple
  3. red
  4. green
  5. 3
  6. blue
  7. yellow and red
  8. False
  9. True
  10. blue and red
  11. primary colour
  12. False
  13. orange
  14. secondary colour
  15. orange
  16. primary colour
  17. orange
  18. blue
  19. yellow
  20. True
  21. orange
  22. purple
  23. False
  24. False
  25. blue
  26. False
  27. False
  28. False
  29. green
  30. 2
  31. secondary colour
  32. True
  33. True
  34. True
  35. True
  36. red
  37. yellow
  38. purple
  39. red
  40. two primary colours

Free art and painting lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/art-for-kids