Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 72 · 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: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) red (d) blue
3. 3.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
4. 4.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
5. 5.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the tertiary colours (b) the secondary colours (c) the primary colours (d) brown and grey
6. 6.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and blue (c) yellow and red (d) yellow and blue
8. 8.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) yellow (d) purple
9. 9.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
10. 10.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
11. 11.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs blue. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) blue (c) red (d) yellow
20. 20.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
21. 21.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) green
23. 23.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and blue (c) yellow and red (d) yellow and blue
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) green (c) red (d) orange
25. 25.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
26. 26.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs blue. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and red (c) yellow and blue (d) yellow and red
29. 29.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
30. 30.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
33. 33.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) blue (c) purple (d) green
34. 34.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) yellow
36. 36.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
38. 38.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
40. 40.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue

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