Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 484 · 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 secondary colours are there?
2. 2.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) green (c) purple (d) orange
4. 4.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
5. 5.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
7. 7.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
8. 8.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) red and blue
9. 9.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the secondary colours (b) the tertiary colours (c) the primary colours (d) brown and grey
10. 10.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
11. 11.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
12. 12.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) purple (d) red
14. 14.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) green (d) purple
16. 16.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) three neutral colours (b) two primary colours (c) black and white (d) two secondary colours
18. 18.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
19. 19.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
21. 21.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
22. 22.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
24. 24.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
25. 25.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) green (d) purple
26. 26.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
28. 28.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) blue
29. 29.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
30. 30.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
31. 31.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) green
33. 33.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
37. 37.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
38. 38.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
39. 39.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
40. 40.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour

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