Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 399 · 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 blue + ? = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) blue and red (c) red and yellow (d) yellow and red
3. 3.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
4. 4.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
5. 5.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) green (c) red (d) yellow
6. 6.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and yellow (b) red and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) blue and red
7. 7.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
8. 8.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
10. 10.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
11. 11.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red (b) orange (c) green (d) purple
12. 12.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
13. 13.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
16. 16.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
18. 18.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
19. 19.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) red
21. 21.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
22. 22.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
23. 23.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
25. 25.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
27. 27.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
28. 28.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
31. 31.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
32. 32.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the tertiary colours (b) brown and grey (c) the primary colours (d) the secondary colours
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) purple (d) red
35. 35.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
36. 36.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue (c) green (d) yellow
38. 38.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) orange (c) blue (d) green
40. 40.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True

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