Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 357 · 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.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) red (d) blue
3. 3.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
4. 4.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) green (b) blue (c) red (d) yellow
7. 7.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two primary colours (b) three neutral colours (c) black and white (d) two secondary colours
8. 8.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and red (c) red and blue (d) yellow and blue
9. 9.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
11. 11.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
12. 12.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) blue (d) orange
13. 13.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
14. 14.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
16. 16.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
17. 17.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
18. 18.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
19. 19.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
20. 20.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
21. 21.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) purple (d) green
23. 23.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
24. 24.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) orange
25. 25.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
26. 26.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
27. 27.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) purple (c) yellow (d) blue
28. 28.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
29. 29.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
30. 30.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and yellow (c) blue and red (d) yellow and blue
31. 31.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
33. 33.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
38. 38.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
39. 39.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False

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