Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 681 · 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.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
2. 2.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
3. 3.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) two secondary colours (c) two primary colours (d) three neutral colours
4. 4.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
5. 5.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and red (d) yellow and red
6. 6.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) purple (d) red
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) red
8. 8.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
10. 10.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
11. 11.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) blue and red (c) yellow and blue (d) yellow and red
14. 14.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) green (d) purple
15. 15.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) purple (c) green (d) orange
19. 19.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) green (c) red (d) blue
22. 22.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
24. 24.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
25. 25.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
26. 26.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
27. 27.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
28. 28.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and yellow (c) red and blue (d) blue and red
30. 30.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
32. 32.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red (b) purple (c) orange (d) green
33. 33.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and blue (b) yellow and red (c) yellow and blue (d) red and yellow
34. 34.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and red (c) red and yellow (d) blue and yellow
35. 35.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) red (d) blue
39. 39.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
40. 40.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False

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