Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 502 · 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 primary colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) red (d) orange
2. 2.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
3. 3.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
4. 4.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
5. 5.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green (d) red
7. 7.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
9. 9.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) green (c) yellow (d) blue
12. 12.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs red. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and blue (b) yellow and blue (c) yellow and red (d) blue and yellow
14. 14.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
16. 16.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
17. 17.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
18. 18.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
19. 19.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
20. 20.True or false: purple 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.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
24. 24.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) yellow (d) purple
26. 26.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) yellow (c) orange (d) purple
28. 28.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
29. 29.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) blue (b) orange (c) purple (d) green
30. 30.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) yellow and blue (d) blue and red
31. 31.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) blue (c) orange (d) yellow
32. 32.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
35. 35.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
36. 36.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
40. 40.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False

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