Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 436 · 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: mixing blue and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
3. 3.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) red
4. 4.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and blue (b) yellow and red (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and blue
5. 5.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
8. 8.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
9. 9.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
10. 10.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
11. 11.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) red
15. 15.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
17. 17.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) blue (d) orange
19. 19.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
21. 21.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
22. 22.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
23. 23.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
24. 24.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
25. 25.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and blue (b) blue and red (c) red and yellow (d) yellow and red
26. 26.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) green (c) yellow (d) red
27. 27.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
28. 28.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
29. 29.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
30. 30.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
31. 31.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) blue (c) yellow (d) red
33. 33.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
34. 34.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
35. 35.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red (d) orange
36. 36.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two primary colours (b) three neutral colours (c) two secondary colours (d) black and white
37. 37.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.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

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