Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 470 · 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 blue + ? = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) purple (b) blue (c) red (d) yellow
3. 3.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
4. 4.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) purple (c) yellow (d) orange
5. 5.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
6. 6.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) blue and yellow (c) red and yellow (d) blue and red
7. 7.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) red
8. 8.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
9. 9.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) blue and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) yellow and red
12. 12.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
13. 13.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
14. 14.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue (c) purple (d) yellow
19. 19.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
20. 20.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) three neutral colours (b) black and white (c) two secondary colours (d) two primary colours
21. 21.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
22. 22.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) green (c) red (d) blue
23. 23.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and blue (b) yellow and blue (c) red and yellow (d) yellow and red
24. 24.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
25. 25.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and red (c) red and blue (d) yellow and blue
26. 26.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
27. 27.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs blue. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) blue
30. 30.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
32. 32.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.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
34. 34.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
36. 36.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
37. 37.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
38. 38.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red

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