Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 393 · 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.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
2. 2.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
3. 3.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
4. 4.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) red and yellow (d) red and blue
6. 6.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the tertiary colours (b) the secondary colours (c) brown and grey (d) the primary colours
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green (d) yellow
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) red (c) purple (d) orange
10. 10.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
13. 13.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
14. 14.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
15. 15.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
16. 16.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) orange (b) red (c) yellow (d) blue
17. 17.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) orange (c) red (d) green
19. 19.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and red (b) red and blue (c) yellow and red (d) yellow and blue
21. 21.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) purple (d) blue
22. 22.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
23. 23.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and yellow (c) red and blue (d) yellow and blue
26. 26.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
28. 28.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) orange (c) red (d) yellow
30. 30.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs blue. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
32. 32.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) purple (c) blue (d) green
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green (d) blue
34. 34.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
35. 35.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two secondary colours (b) three neutral colours (c) black and white (d) two primary colours
38. 38.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
39. 39.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
40. 40.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True

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