Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 406 · 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 red + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red (b) purple (c) green (d) orange
4. 4.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
7. 7.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
8. 8.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) orange (c) blue (d) green
9. 9.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
10. 10.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
11. 11.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
12. 12.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
14. 14.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
15. 15.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
16. 16.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
17. 17.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
19. 19.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
21. 21.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
22. 22.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the secondary colours (b) brown and grey (c) the primary colours (d) the tertiary colours
24. 24.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) blue (c) purple (d) yellow
26. 26.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
28. 28.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
29. 29.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
31. 31.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
32. 32.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
33. 33.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) red (d) blue
39. 39.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False

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