Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 559 · 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.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
2. 2.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
3. 3.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs red. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
7. 7.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
8. 8.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
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.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
12. 12.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) orange (b) red (c) blue (d) yellow
13. 13.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
14. 14.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
15. 15.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
16. 16.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
19. 19.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
20. 20.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
21. 21.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
23. 23.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) blue (c) green (d) yellow
24. 24.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) blue (c) red (d) yellow
26. 26.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) red (d) blue
27. 27.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
31. 31.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
32. 32.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
33. 33.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
35. 35.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
39. 39.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) purple (c) yellow (d) orange
40. 40.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow

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