Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 300 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) purple (c) orange (d) green
2. 2.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
3. 3.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
4. 4.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
6. 6.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) red and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and red
7. 7.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and blue (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and red
8. 8.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) green (d) orange
12. 12.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs blue. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
14. 14.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) orange (c) red (d) green
17. 17.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
18. 18.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
19. 19.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
20. 20.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
21. 21.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and red (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and red (d) blue and yellow
22. 22.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
23. 23.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the tertiary colours (b) brown and grey (c) the primary colours (d) the secondary colours
25. 25.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
26. 26.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
27. 27.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) red (c) purple (d) blue
30. 30.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) green (c) red (d) blue
32. 32.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
36. 36.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) three neutral colours (b) black and white (c) two secondary colours (d) two primary colours
37. 37.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) red
39. 39.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False

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