Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 485 · 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 are mixed to make one secondary colour?
2. 2.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
3. 3.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
4. 4.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
6. 6.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
7. 7.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
9. 9.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
10. 10.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
11. 11.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the tertiary colours (b) the primary colours (c) brown and grey (d) the secondary colours
12. 12.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two secondary colours (b) three neutral colours (c) black and white (d) two primary colours
14. 14.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
16. 16.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
17. 17.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and blue (b) blue and red (c) yellow and red (d) blue and yellow
19. 19.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
20. 20.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue (c) green (d) yellow
23. 23.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) red (c) green (d) yellow
25. 25.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) blue (b) green (c) orange (d) purple
26. 26.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) red (c) orange (d) purple
28. 28.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and red (c) blue and yellow (d) red and blue
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) orange
31. 31.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue (c) purple (d) yellow
33. 33.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs blue. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) red and blue
37. 37.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
38. 38.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and blue (b) blue and yellow (c) blue and red (d) red and yellow
39. 39.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
40. 40.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple

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