← Primary and secondary colours lesson New set →

Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 40 · 40 questions
TalentJR

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?

NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
  1. 1.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  2. 2.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  5. 5.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  7. 7.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) blue and red (c) red and yellow (d) yellow and red
  9. 9.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  10. 10.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  11. 11.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  12. 12.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  13. 13.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) yellow and red (c) yellow and blue (d) blue and red
  16. 16.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  17. 17.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red (d) green
  20. 20.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) blue (c) purple (d) orange
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow (c) purple (d) blue
  23. 23.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  27. 27.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  28. 28.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the tertiary colours (b) the primary colours (c) brown and grey (d) the secondary colours
  30. 30.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  31. 31.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) orange
  33. 33.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  34. 34.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs red. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  37. 37.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  38. 38.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. secondary colour
  2. False
  3. True
  4. blue
  5. False
  6. 3
  7. True
  8. blue and red
  9. blue
  10. 3
  11. green
  12. orange
  13. False
  14. False
  15. yellow and blue
  16. yellow
  17. True
  18. primary colour
  19. green
  20. False
  21. blue
  22. purple
  23. True
  24. False
  25. False
  26. purple
  27. blue
  28. False
  29. the primary colours
  30. primary colour
  31. False
  32. orange
  33. 2
  34. False
  35. False
  36. yellow
  37. secondary colour
  38. False
  39. False
  40. False

Free art and painting lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/art-for-kids