Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 761 · 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.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
2. 2.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) three neutral colours (b) black and white (c) two secondary colours (d) two primary colours
3. 3.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) red (c) green (d) orange
5. 5.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) blue and red
7. 7.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
8. 8.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
10. 10.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
14. 14.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) orange (c) yellow (d) red
15. 15.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
16. 16.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
17. 17.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
18. 18.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) yellow and red (c) red and blue (d) blue and yellow
20. 20.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
23. 23.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) orange (c) red (d) purple
25. 25.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and yellow (c) yellow and red (d) blue and red
26. 26.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
27. 27.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
28. 28.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
30. 30.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
31. 31.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
32. 32.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
33. 33.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
34. 34.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) yellow and blue (d) red and blue
35. 35.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) green (c) yellow (d) red
36. 36.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) orange (d) yellow
38. 38.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
39. 39.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False

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