Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 325 · 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 secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
2. 2.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
3. 3.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
5. 5.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
6. 6.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
7. 7.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
8. 8.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
9. 9.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) red
11. 11.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
14. 14.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) green
15. 15.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
16. 16.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
17. 17.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
18. 18.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
19. 19.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
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.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) orange
22. 22.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) orange (c) yellow (d) green
23. 23.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) purple (c) yellow (d) green
25. 25.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) red
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) orange (c) blue (d) yellow
27. 27.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
28. 28.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
31. 31.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
35. 35.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) brown and grey (b) the primary colours (c) the secondary colours (d) the tertiary colours
36. 36.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True

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