Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 61 · 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: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs red. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two secondary colours (b) three neutral colours (c) black and white (d) two primary colours
5. 5.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
6. 6.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) red
7. 7.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
8. 8.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) blue (d) purple
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) yellow
10. 10.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) orange (b) red (c) blue (d) yellow
11. 11.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) orange (c) red (d) green
13. 13.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
14. 14.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
15. 15.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) blue and yellow (c) blue and red (d) red and yellow
16. 16.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
19. 19.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) purple (c) red (d) yellow
20. 20.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
21. 21.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) green (c) red (d) yellow
23. 23.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
26. 26.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
28. 28.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
29. 29.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
30. 30.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) purple
32. 32.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
34. 34.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
35. 35.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
36. 36.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
37. 37.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
38. 38.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow

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