Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 479 · 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.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) purple (d) blue
2. 2.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) green
3. 3.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
4. 4.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
5. 5.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) yellow (d) purple
7. 7.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
8. 8.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
9. 9.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the secondary colours (b) the tertiary colours (c) brown and grey (d) the primary colours
10. 10.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
11. 11.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
12. 12.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
13. 13.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) green (c) red (d) blue
15. 15.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
16. 16.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
17. 17.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
25. 25.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) red and blue
26. 26.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
27. 27.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
28. 28.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
29. 29.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
31. 31.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
32. 32.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
34. 34.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
37. 37.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
38. 38.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) red and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) blue and red
39. 39.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
40. 40.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True

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