Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 471 · 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 blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
3. 3.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) red (d) blue
4. 4.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
5. 5.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
7. 7.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) red
9. 9.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) blue (c) green (d) purple
11. 11.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and blue (b) yellow and red (c) red and blue (d) blue and yellow
14. 14.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) brown and grey (b) the secondary colours (c) the tertiary colours (d) the primary colours
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red (d) green
16. 16.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) red and blue (c) yellow and red (d) yellow and blue
18. 18.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
19. 19.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and yellow (c) red and yellow (d) red and blue
20. 20.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
21. 21.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
23. 23.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
24. 24.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green (d) blue
25. 25.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow (c) orange (d) blue
27. 27.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) orange (c) yellow (d) green
29. 29.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and red (d) red and blue
30. 30.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) purple (c) yellow (d) blue
33. 33.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
35. 35.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
39. 39.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) three neutral colours (c) two primary colours (d) two secondary colours
40. 40.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs yellow. (a) True (b) False

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