Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 374 · 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 ? + yellow = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
3. 3.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
6. 6.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
7. 7.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
9. 9.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) green (c) red (d) yellow
10. 10.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
11. 11.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
12. 12.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
15. 15.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
16. 16.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
19. 19.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
21. 21.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
23. 23.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) blue (c) purple (d) orange
24. 24.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
25. 25.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
26. 26.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
28. 28.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) blue (c) yellow (d) red
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) orange (c) purple (d) green
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) red (c) blue (d) yellow
33. 33.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) red and blue
34. 34.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and yellow (b) red and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) blue and red
35. 35.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True

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