Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 774 · 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 paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
2. 2.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) red (c) orange (d) blue
5. 5.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and yellow (c) blue and red (d) yellow and red
6. 6.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
7. 7.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
9. 9.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
10. 10.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red (b) orange (c) green (d) purple
12. 12.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
14. 14.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
15. 15.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) purple (d) red
16. 16.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
17. 17.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
19. 19.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
20. 20.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
22. 22.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
25. 25.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) green (c) blue (d) red
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) purple (c) yellow (d) blue
28. 28.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
29. 29.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) blue (c) green (d) purple
31. 31.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) green (b) blue (c) yellow (d) red
32. 32.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and red (c) blue and yellow (d) red and blue
34. 34.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) purple (c) yellow (d) green
35. 35.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
36. 36.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and blue (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) yellow and red
37. 37.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
40. 40.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False

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