Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 476 · 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.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
3. 3.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
5. 5.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
6. 6.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and yellow (c) blue and red (d) yellow and blue
7. 7.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
8. 8.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
9. 9.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
10. 10.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
11. 11.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
13. 13.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) orange (c) yellow (d) red
15. 15.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) purple (c) red (d) orange
17. 17.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
18. 18.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) purple (d) blue
19. 19.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
20. 20.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
21. 21.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
24. 24.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) yellow
25. 25.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and red (b) red and blue (c) red and yellow (d) blue and yellow
26. 26.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and red (d) red and yellow
27. 27.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
31. 31.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
32. 32.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue (c) purple (d) yellow
35. 35.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) purple (c) red (d) green
38. 38.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs red. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True

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