Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 741 · 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: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
3. 3.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) red (c) green (d) yellow
5. 5.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs red. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and red (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and red (d) red and blue
8. 8.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
12. 12.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
13. 13.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
14. 14.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
15. 15.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
16. 16.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
19. 19.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
20. 20.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
21. 21.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
23. 23.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
24. 24.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) purple (c) red (d) green
28. 28.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) blue
29. 29.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
30. 30.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) purple (c) yellow (d) orange
32. 32.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) orange (d) red
34. 34.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
35. 35.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
36. 36.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
37. 37.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) purple (c) yellow (d) red
40. 40.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False

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