Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 561 · 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 purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
2. 2.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
4. 4.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
5. 5.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
6. 6.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the primary colours (b) the tertiary colours (c) brown and grey (d) the secondary colours
7. 7.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) red (c) purple (d) blue
8. 8.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
9. 9.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
10. 10.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
11. 11.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
12. 12.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) orange (d) red
14. 14.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) green (c) blue (d) red
17. 17.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) three neutral colours (b) two primary colours (c) black and white (d) two secondary colours
18. 18.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
19. 19.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
22. 22.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
23. 23.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
24. 24.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs blue. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) blue (c) orange (d) yellow
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) red
27. 27.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and yellow (c) red and blue (d) blue and yellow
28. 28.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
29. 29.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and red (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and blue
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) orange (c) blue (d) purple
31. 31.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
32. 32.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
34. 34.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
36. 36.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and red (c) red and yellow (d) blue and yellow
40. 40.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and blue (b) yellow and red (c) red and yellow (d) blue and yellow

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