Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 317 · 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: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
3. 3.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
4. 4.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) red and blue (c) yellow and blue (d) yellow and red
5. 5.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
6. 6.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
10. 10.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
11. 11.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
12. 12.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
14. 14.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) purple
15. 15.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
16. 16.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) orange (c) yellow (d) blue
18. 18.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and red (b) blue and yellow (c) yellow and red (d) red and yellow
19. 19.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs red. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red
21. 21.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs blue. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) purple (d) green
24. 24.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the primary colours (b) the tertiary colours (c) brown and grey (d) the secondary colours
27. 27.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and yellow (c) red and blue (d) blue and yellow
28. 28.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
29. 29.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red (b) purple (c) green (d) orange
30. 30.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
31. 31.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
32. 32.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
34. 34.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) three neutral colours (b) two secondary colours (c) black and white (d) two primary colours
35. 35.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
36. 36.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
38. 38.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) blue
40. 40.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False

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