← Primary and secondary colours lesson New set →

Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 649 · 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.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  2. 2.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  3. 3.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  6. 6.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  7. 7.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) orange (d) red
  8. 8.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  11. 11.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  12. 12.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) blue
  14. 14.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  15. 15.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  16. 16.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  18. 18.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) yellow (d) purple
  20. 20.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) blue and red
  21. 21.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  22. 22.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  23. 23.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  24. 24.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) green (c) red (d) yellow
  26. 26.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  28. 28.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and red (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and blue
  30. 30.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  32. 32.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) green (c) yellow (d) orange
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) orange (d) red
  35. 35.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and blue (b) yellow and red (c) red and yellow (d) yellow and blue
  36. 36.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  37. 37.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  39. 39.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and red (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and blue

Answer key

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

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