Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 699 · 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.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
2. 2.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
3. 3.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
5. 5.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and red (c) blue and yellow (d) red and yellow
6. 6.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and red (c) yellow and red (d) yellow and blue
9. 9.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
10. 10.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) two primary colours (c) three neutral colours (d) two secondary colours
12. 12.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) blue and red (d) red and blue
14. 14.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
15. 15.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
16. 16.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs red. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
24. 24.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red (d) purple
25. 25.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
26. 26.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
27. 27.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) purple (c) blue (d) green
28. 28.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) green (d) orange
30. 30.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
31. 31.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the secondary colours (b) brown and grey (c) the tertiary colours (d) the primary colours
32. 32.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs blue. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) blue (d) red
34. 34.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
35. 35.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
38. 38.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) green
39. 39.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and red (c) blue and yellow (d) red and yellow
40. 40.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow

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