Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 445 · 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 + ? = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) purple (c) yellow (d) orange
3. 3.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and yellow (c) blue and red (d) yellow and red
4. 4.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
5. 5.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) blue (c) red (d) yellow
7. 7.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
8. 8.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
9. 9.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and yellow (c) blue and red (d) red and blue
10. 10.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) red (d) blue
12. 12.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and blue (c) yellow and blue (d) yellow and red
13. 13.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
14. 14.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
15. 15.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs blue. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
18. 18.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
19. 19.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
20. 20.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
22. 22.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) blue (d) red
23. 23.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
24. 24.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
25. 25.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) green (d) red
29. 29.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
31. 31.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
33. 33.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the secondary colours (b) brown and grey (c) the tertiary colours (d) the primary colours
34. 34.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) orange (c) red (d) green
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) green (c) blue (d) purple
37. 37.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) green (b) red (c) yellow (d) blue
38. 38.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
40. 40.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False

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