Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 643 · 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 ? + yellow = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
3. 3.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) blue
4. 4.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
5. 5.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
6. 6.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) orange (c) red (d) yellow
10. 10.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) red
13. 13.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
14. 14.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
17. 17.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
18. 18.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
19. 19.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and red (b) blue and yellow (c) red and yellow (d) yellow and red
20. 20.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two primary colours (b) three neutral colours (c) black and white (d) two secondary colours
21. 21.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
22. 22.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
27. 27.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) blue and red (c) red and yellow (d) red and blue
28. 28.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
29. 29.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) purple (d) red
30. 30.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) green (d) orange
32. 32.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
33. 33.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
34. 34.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
35. 35.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
36. 36.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
37. 37.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
38. 38.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
39. 39.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour

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