← Primary and secondary colours lesson New set →

Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 864 · 40 questions
TalentJR

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?

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

Answer key

  1. 2
  2. False
  3. purple
  4. blue
  5. green
  6. blue and red
  7. yellow and blue
  8. True
  9. False
  10. blue and yellow
  11. True
  12. True
  13. green
  14. secondary colour
  15. secondary colour
  16. True
  17. purple
  18. yellow
  19. orange
  20. blue
  21. primary colour
  22. green
  23. True
  24. red
  25. purple
  26. True
  27. yellow
  28. True
  29. green
  30. True
  31. False
  32. two primary colours
  33. yellow and red
  34. False
  35. False
  36. green
  37. primary colour
  38. purple
  39. blue
  40. orange

Free art and painting lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/art-for-kids