Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 283 · 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.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
3. 3.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) orange (d) yellow
7. 7.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
8. 8.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) purple (b) blue (c) yellow (d) red
9. 9.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and blue (b) blue and yellow (c) blue and red (d) red and yellow
10. 10.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
12. 12.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) green (c) blue (d) yellow
13. 13.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
14. 14.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
15. 15.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) blue
16. 16.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
18. 18.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and yellow (c) red and yellow (d) blue and red
19. 19.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the secondary colours (b) the primary colours (c) the tertiary colours (d) brown and grey
20. 20.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
21. 21.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
22. 22.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
23. 23.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
24. 24.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs blue. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
27. 27.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
28. 28.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
30. 30.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and yellow (c) red and blue (d) yellow and red
33. 33.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
34. 34.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) red (d) blue
37. 37.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
38. 38.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) three neutral colours (c) two secondary colours (d) two primary colours
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) green (d) orange
40. 40.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True

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