← Primary and secondary colours lesson New set →

Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 410 · 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.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red (b) purple (c) green (d) orange
  2. 2.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) yellow and blue (d) blue and red
  4. 4.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) green (c) red (d) blue
  6. 6.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) red (c) purple (d) green
  8. 8.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  9. 9.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  10. 10.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.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
  12. 12.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  13. 13.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) green (b) red (c) blue (d) yellow
  15. 15.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and red (c) red and blue (d) blue and yellow
  16. 16.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  17. 17.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  19. 19.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  20. 20.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) purple (c) blue (d) orange
  24. 24.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  26. 26.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  27. 27.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  28. 28.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  29. 29.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) purple (d) green
  32. 32.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  34. 34.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and red (d) blue and red
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) blue (d) red
  37. 37.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  39. 39.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  40. 40.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) orange

Answer key

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

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