Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 255 · 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 yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
2. 2.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) yellow
3. 3.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
4. 4.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) purple (b) blue (c) yellow (d) red
5. 5.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) red
8. 8.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
9. 9.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
10. 10.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
12. 12.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) three neutral colours (c) two secondary colours (d) two primary colours
16. 16.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
17. 17.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) green (d) yellow
19. 19.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
21. 21.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
23. 23.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
25. 25.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
28. 28.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red (b) purple (c) green (d) orange
29. 29.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the primary colours (b) the tertiary colours (c) the secondary colours (d) brown and grey
31. 31.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) blue (d) red
33. 33.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and yellow (b) red and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and blue
34. 34.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
35. 35.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) green (c) red (d) blue
36. 36.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
37. 37.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and red (c) red and blue (d) yellow and blue
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) purple (c) blue (d) green
39. 39.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs blue. (a) False (b) True

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