Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 584 · 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.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
2. 2.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
4. 4.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
6. 6.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
7. 7.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) purple
8. 8.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) blue and red (c) yellow and red (d) yellow and blue
10. 10.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red (b) orange (c) purple (d) green
11. 11.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
13. 13.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
15. 15.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
20. 20.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) orange (d) red
21. 21.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green (d) blue
22. 22.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
23. 23.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
25. 25.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
27. 27.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
28. 28.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
29. 29.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
31. 31.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
32. 32.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) green
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) orange (c) blue (d) green
34. 34.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
35. 35.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) green
37. 37.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
39. 39.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and blue (c) red and yellow (d) yellow and blue
40. 40.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True

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