Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 285 · 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) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
4. 4.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
5. 5.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) green (b) yellow (c) red (d) blue
6. 6.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and blue (b) yellow and red (c) red and yellow (d) red and blue
7. 7.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two secondary colours (b) black and white (c) three neutral colours (d) two primary colours
9. 9.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
10. 10.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
11. 11.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) yellow and red (c) blue and yellow (d) blue and red
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) purple
14. 14.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
17. 17.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
18. 18.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
20. 20.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and red (c) red and yellow (d) yellow and blue
21. 21.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) blue (d) purple
24. 24.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
25. 25.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the tertiary colours (b) the primary colours (c) brown and grey (d) the secondary colours
28. 28.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
29. 29.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
31. 31.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
32. 32.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red (d) orange
36. 36.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
38. 38.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True

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