Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 536 · 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: blue is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
3. 3.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
4. 4.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
5. 5.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) purple (c) red (d) green
6. 6.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs blue. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
8. 8.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two secondary colours (b) three neutral colours (c) two primary colours (d) black and white
9. 9.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red (d) purple
12. 12.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
13. 13.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
14. 14.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
15. 15.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
17. 17.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) red and yellow (d) blue and red
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) blue (d) red
19. 19.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
20. 20.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red
22. 22.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
23. 23.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.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
26. 26.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
27. 27.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
28. 28.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
29. 29.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) red and blue (c) blue and red (d) yellow and blue
30. 30.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
31. 31.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and yellow (b) red and blue (c) yellow and blue (d) yellow and red
33. 33.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
34. 34.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) yellow
36. 36.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
37. 37.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs blue. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) blue
39. 39.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
40. 40.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True

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