Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 748 · 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.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and blue (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and red
2. 2.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) red (c) orange (d) blue
4. 4.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and red (d) blue and yellow
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) purple
6. 6.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) blue and red (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and red
7. 7.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs blue. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs blue. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
13. 13.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
14. 14.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
15. 15.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
16. 16.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
17. 17.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
18. 18.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
19. 19.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green (d) yellow
22. 22.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
23. 23.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
24. 24.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) two secondary colours (c) three neutral colours (d) two primary colours
25. 25.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) orange
26. 26.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
27. 27.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
28. 28.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
32. 32.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
33. 33.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
37. 37.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
38. 38.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
39. 39.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
40. 40.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True

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