← Primary and secondary colours lesson New set →

Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 617 · 40 questions
TalentJR

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?

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

Answer key

  1. red
  2. secondary colour
  3. False
  4. green
  5. purple
  6. False
  7. blue and yellow
  8. green
  9. blue
  10. green
  11. primary colour
  12. the primary colours
  13. purple
  14. 3
  15. 2
  16. blue
  17. False
  18. red and yellow
  19. False
  20. primary colour
  21. purple
  22. True
  23. True
  24. blue
  25. blue
  26. yellow
  27. False
  28. True
  29. yellow
  30. red and blue
  31. orange
  32. False
  33. False
  34. True
  35. False
  36. yellow
  37. red
  38. yellow
  39. True
  40. orange

Free art and painting lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/art-for-kids