Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 439 · 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.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
2. 2.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) yellow and red (c) blue and yellow (d) red and blue
3. 3.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
4. 4.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs blue. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs red. (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 purple. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
9. 9.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) red
10. 10.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) red (c) purple (d) blue
12. 12.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
14. 14.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
15. 15.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
16. 16.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
18. 18.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and blue (c) red and yellow (d) blue and yellow
19. 19.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and blue (c) red and yellow (d) blue and red
20. 20.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
21. 21.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
22. 22.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) green (d) red
26. 26.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
27. 27.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
28. 28.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) three neutral colours (b) black and white (c) two secondary colours (d) two primary colours
29. 29.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the primary colours (b) the secondary colours (c) the tertiary colours (d) brown and grey
30. 30.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) purple (c) blue (d) yellow
32. 32.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
33. 33.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
34. 34.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
37. 37.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) purple (c) blue (d) green
39. 39.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) red (c) green (d) blue
40. 40.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange

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