Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 689 · 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 ? + blue = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
3. 3.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
4. 4.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and red (b) red and blue (c) blue and red (d) blue and yellow
5. 5.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and yellow (c) blue and red (d) red and yellow
6. 6.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) green (c) blue (d) yellow
9. 9.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
10. 10.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red (b) purple (c) orange (d) green
11. 11.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
14. 14.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
15. 15.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
16. 16.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
17. 17.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and blue (b) blue and yellow (c) red and yellow (d) blue and red
18. 18.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) orange (b) red (c) blue (d) yellow
19. 19.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the secondary colours (b) the tertiary colours (c) the primary colours (d) brown and grey
21. 21.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
22. 22.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) red (c) purple (d) yellow
23. 23.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
24. 24.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
25. 25.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
26. 26.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
27. 27.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
28. 28.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) yellow
30. 30.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
32. 32.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
33. 33.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
34. 34.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
35. 35.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
37. 37.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) green (d) orange
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) purple (c) red (d) green
40. 40.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow

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