Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 793 · 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? ? + red = purple (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
2. 2.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) purple (d) red
3. 3.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
4. 4.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
5. 5.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) red and yellow (c) blue and red (d) yellow and blue
6. 6.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
7. 7.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
12. 12.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
13. 13.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) blue and red (c) blue and yellow (d) red and yellow
16. 16.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the secondary colours (b) brown and grey (c) the primary colours (d) the tertiary colours
18. 18.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) purple (d) red
21. 21.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) blue (b) green (c) orange (d) purple
22. 22.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
23. 23.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) yellow (d) purple
25. 25.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
26. 26.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
27. 27.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
28. 28.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs blue. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) blue
33. 33.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
34. 34.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) three neutral colours (b) two primary colours (c) black and white (d) two secondary colours
35. 35.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
38. 38.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) red and blue (c) yellow and blue (d) red and yellow
40. 40.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True

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