Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 809 · 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.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) orange
3. 3.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
4. 4.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) purple (d) blue
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) green
6. 6.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
7. 7.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) yellow (d) purple
8. 8.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) yellow and blue (c) red and yellow (d) blue and red
9. 9.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) blue
11. 11.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
14. 14.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
16. 16.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the tertiary colours (b) the primary colours (c) brown and grey (d) the secondary colours
18. 18.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
19. 19.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and red (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) yellow and red
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green (d) yellow
21. 21.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
23. 23.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) two primary colours (c) two secondary colours (d) three neutral colours
24. 24.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
25. 25.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
26. 26.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red (b) orange (c) green (d) purple
28. 28.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
29. 29.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and yellow (c) red and blue (d) yellow and blue
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) purple
34. 34.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
37. 37.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
38. 38.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
40. 40.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple

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