Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 359 · 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: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
3. 3.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) red (c) purple (d) green
5. 5.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
6. 6.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
7. 7.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) red and yellow (c) blue and red (d) blue and yellow
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) orange
9. 9.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
10. 10.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two primary colours (b) black and white (c) three neutral colours (d) two secondary colours
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) purple (c) orange (d) green
12. 12.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
13. 13.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the secondary colours (b) the primary colours (c) the tertiary colours (d) brown and grey
14. 14.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
17. 17.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
19. 19.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) green (d) orange
21. 21.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green (d) red
23. 23.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
24. 24.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
25. 25.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) purple
26. 26.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) red and yellow (c) blue and yellow (d) blue and red
28. 28.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
29. 29.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) orange (b) blue (c) red (d) yellow
31. 31.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
33. 33.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs red. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and yellow (b) red and blue (c) yellow and red (d) blue and yellow
36. 36.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
37. 37.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?

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