Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 627 · 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: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
3. 3.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
5. 5.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) red and blue
6. 6.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) purple (d) red
7. 7.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
8. 8.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the secondary colours (b) brown and grey (c) the tertiary colours (d) the primary colours
9. 9.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
10. 10.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
13. 13.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
14. 14.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs red. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and red (c) red and blue (d) yellow and blue
18. 18.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
19. 19.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and red (d) red and yellow
21. 21.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
22. 22.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
23. 23.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
24. 24.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
25. 25.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) red (c) purple (d) orange
30. 30.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
31. 31.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) blue
32. 32.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) blue (c) green (d) yellow
33. 33.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
34. 34.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
35. 35.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
36. 36.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
38. 38.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) yellow
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) red
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) green (d) red

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