Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 863 · 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.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
2. 2.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
3. 3.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
4. 4.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
6. 6.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
7. 7.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
8. 8.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
9. 9.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
11. 11.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) purple
12. 12.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
13. 13.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
14. 14.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
15. 15.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) orange (d) yellow
17. 17.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
18. 18.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
20. 20.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
24. 24.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
28. 28.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) blue (c) purple (d) orange
31. 31.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) purple (d) red
33. 33.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) three neutral colours (b) black and white (c) two secondary colours (d) two primary colours
35. 35.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the tertiary colours (b) the secondary colours (c) the primary colours (d) brown and grey
38. 38.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True

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