← Primary and secondary colours lesson New set →

Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 483 · 40 questions
TalentJR

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?

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

Answer key

  1. purple
  2. green
  3. two primary colours
  4. orange
  5. blue and red
  6. purple
  7. purple
  8. primary colour
  9. secondary colour
  10. green
  11. False
  12. True
  13. yellow
  14. yellow
  15. False
  16. 2
  17. red and blue
  18. False
  19. True
  20. 3
  21. False
  22. secondary colour
  23. orange
  24. red
  25. blue
  26. False
  27. yellow
  28. red
  29. secondary colour
  30. orange
  31. False
  32. False
  33. red and yellow
  34. yellow
  35. True
  36. blue
  37. True
  38. primary colour
  39. False
  40. green

Free art and painting lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/art-for-kids