Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 489 · 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.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
3. 3.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
4. 4.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
5. 5.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
7. 7.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) yellow (c) orange (d) purple
9. 9.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and red (c) blue and yellow (d) red and yellow
10. 10.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) red (c) green (d) purple
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) purple (c) yellow (d) blue
12. 12.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) green (d) red
13. 13.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and blue (b) blue and red (c) red and yellow (d) yellow and blue
14. 14.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) blue and red (c) yellow and red (d) yellow and blue
15. 15.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
16. 16.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and yellow (c) blue and yellow (d) red and blue
17. 17.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
18. 18.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
20. 20.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
21. 21.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
23. 23.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) red
25. 25.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
26. 26.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) purple (c) blue (d) green
27. 27.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two secondary colours (b) two primary colours (c) three neutral colours (d) black and white
28. 28.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
29. 29.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
30. 30.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
32. 32.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
35. 35.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs blue. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) purple (c) blue (d) yellow
40. 40.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow (b) green (c) orange (d) purple

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