Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

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

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