Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 773 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) blue (d) red
2. 2.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) yellow (c) orange (d) purple
4. 4.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
6. 6.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red
8. 8.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and blue (b) red and yellow (c) blue and red (d) yellow and blue
9. 9.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
10. 10.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) red
11. 11.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) green (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red
13. 13.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) red (d) blue
14. 14.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
15. 15.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
16. 16.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
17. 17.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and red (c) red and blue (d) yellow and blue
18. 18.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and blue (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and red
19. 19.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and blue (b) blue and yellow (c) red and blue (d) red and yellow
20. 20.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs blue. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) blue (b) purple (c) orange (d) green
22. 22.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
23. 23.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
24. 24.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
25. 25.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
26. 26.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
27. 27.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
28. 28.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
29. 29.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
30. 30.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
34. 34.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.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
37. 37.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
38. 38.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) red and blue (c) red and yellow (d) blue and yellow
39. 39.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and yellow (c) yellow and red (d) blue and red
40. 40.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False

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