Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 257 · 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 paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
2. 2.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
3. 3.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
4. 4.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) three neutral colours (b) black and white (c) two primary colours (d) two secondary colours
6. 6.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and yellow (b) red and blue (c) yellow and blue (d) yellow and red
7. 7.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) red and yellow (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and blue
8. 8.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
9. 9.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
10. 10.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
13. 13.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
15. 15.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
17. 17.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
18. 18.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) orange (c) red (d) yellow
20. 20.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and red (c) red and blue (d) yellow and blue
24. 24.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
25. 25.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red (b) orange (c) purple (d) green
26. 26.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
27. 27.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the secondary colours (b) the primary colours (c) brown and grey (d) the tertiary colours
29. 29.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs blue. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) red
31. 31.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs blue. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
36. 36.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
37. 37.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) yellow
40. 40.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow

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