Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 461 · 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.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
2. 2.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) blue
4. 4.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and blue (c) red and yellow (d) red and blue
5. 5.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
6. 6.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) orange (b) blue (c) red (d) yellow
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) orange
8. 8.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
9. 9.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
11. 11.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) brown and grey (b) the secondary colours (c) the primary colours (d) the tertiary colours
12. 12.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) green (c) blue (d) yellow
13. 13.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
14. 14.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
18. 18.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) yellow and blue (c) red and blue (d) red and yellow
19. 19.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
20. 20.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
22. 22.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
23. 23.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) purple (c) red (d) yellow
24. 24.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
25. 25.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
26. 26.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and blue (b) blue and yellow (c) red and yellow (d) blue and red
29. 29.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) blue (c) green (d) purple
30. 30.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) two secondary colours (c) three neutral colours (d) two primary colours
31. 31.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
32. 32.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
33. 33.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red (d) purple
35. 35.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
37. 37.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
39. 39.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True

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