Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 80 · 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.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) red
3. 3.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
4. 4.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.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
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) blue (c) green (d) orange
7. 7.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) blue and red (c) red and blue (d) red and yellow
8. 8.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and red (c) red and yellow (d) blue and yellow
9. 9.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow (b) green (c) orange (d) purple
12. 12.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) purple (d) red
13. 13.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
14. 14.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
15. 15.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
17. 17.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
21. 21.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
22. 22.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
23. 23.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
24. 24.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
25. 25.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
26. 26.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
28. 28.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) red (c) blue (d) yellow
30. 30.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) two primary colours (c) two secondary colours (d) three neutral colours
31. 31.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
34. 34.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
35. 35.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
36. 36.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) red
39. 39.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
40. 40.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False

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