Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 352 · 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 primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
2. 2.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
3. 3.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
5. 5.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and yellow (b) red and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and red
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) orange
7. 7.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
8. 8.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
10. 10.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) blue (d) purple
11. 11.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) brown and grey (b) the secondary colours (c) the primary colours (d) the tertiary colours
13. 13.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) purple
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) blue
15. 15.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) two primary colours (c) two secondary colours (d) three neutral colours
17. 17.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and blue (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and red
18. 18.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) red
20. 20.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
21. 21.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) yellow (c) orange (d) purple
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue (c) purple (d) yellow
26. 26.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs blue. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) red and yellow (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and blue
29. 29.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) orange (c) yellow (d) green
30. 30.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
31. 31.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) green (d) red
33. 33.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
34. 34.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) red and blue (c) yellow and blue (d) blue and red
35. 35.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
37. 37.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) green (d) yellow

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