Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 401 · 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: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) orange (d) red
3. 3.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
4. 4.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
5. 5.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
6. 6.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
7. 7.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) purple (c) yellow (d) red
9. 9.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
10. 10.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) yellow and red (c) yellow and blue (d) red and yellow
11. 11.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and blue (b) blue and yellow (c) red and yellow (d) blue and red
12. 12.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) green
14. 14.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
15. 15.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
16. 16.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) brown and grey (b) the tertiary colours (c) the primary colours (d) the secondary colours
17. 17.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
18. 18.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
20. 20.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
21. 21.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) red and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) blue and red
22. 22.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
23. 23.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) purple (c) blue (d) yellow
25. 25.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
26. 26.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
27. 27.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
32. 32.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) red (d) purple
33. 33.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) yellow (d) purple
34. 34.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs red. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
38. 38.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
39. 39.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green

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