Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 63 · 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: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) purple (c) yellow (d) red
3. 3.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) blue (c) yellow (d) red
5. 5.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
7. 7.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) purple (c) blue (d) orange
8. 8.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) yellow and blue (c) red and blue (d) red and yellow
9. 9.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two secondary colours (b) three neutral colours (c) two primary colours (d) black and white
10. 10.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
11. 11.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
13. 13.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
14. 14.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) green (d) orange
15. 15.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
16. 16.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
18. 18.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
19. 19.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
20. 20.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs blue. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) orange (c) yellow (d) red
22. 22.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the secondary colours (b) the primary colours (c) brown and grey (d) the tertiary colours
23. 23.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
24. 24.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) yellow
26. 26.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
27. 27.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) red and blue
32. 32.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
33. 33.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) red
34. 34.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
36. 36.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
38. 38.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs blue. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange

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