Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 35 · 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 of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) purple (d) red
2. 2.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) two secondary colours (c) three neutral colours (d) two primary colours
3. 3.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
4. 4.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
6. 6.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
9. 9.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
10. 10.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the secondary colours (b) brown and grey (c) the tertiary colours (d) the primary colours
12. 12.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) yellow (d) orange
14. 14.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) green (c) blue (d) purple
18. 18.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) orange (c) red (d) green
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue (c) orange (d) yellow
20. 20.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
21. 21.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
22. 22.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and yellow (b) red and blue (c) yellow and blue (d) yellow and red
23. 23.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
25. 25.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
27. 27.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) blue (b) purple (c) green (d) orange
28. 28.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) yellow (c) red (d) blue
31. 31.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
32. 32.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) red (c) orange (d) blue
33. 33.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and red (d) blue and red
35. 35.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) blue and yellow (c) blue and red (d) red and yellow
36. 36.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
37. 37.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and red (d) blue and yellow
38. 38.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
40. 40.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour

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