Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 832 · 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 blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
2. 2.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
3. 3.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) orange (d) green
5. 5.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
6. 6.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
7. 7.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) purple (c) blue (d) green
8. 8.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
9. 9.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
10. 10.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) blue (c) green (d) yellow
11. 11.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
12. 12.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and yellow (c) blue and red (d) yellow and red
14. 14.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) orange (c) red (d) yellow
15. 15.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the primary colours (b) brown and grey (c) the secondary colours (d) the tertiary colours
18. 18.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
20. 20.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) blue and red (c) yellow and blue (d) yellow and red
22. 22.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
23. 23.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
24. 24.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
25. 25.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
26. 26.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
27. 27.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
28. 28.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) red and yellow (c) red and blue (d) blue and yellow
30. 30.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) orange (d) red
32. 32.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) purple (c) red (d) green
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) purple (c) red (d) yellow
35. 35.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
38. 38.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
40. 40.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False

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