← Primary and secondary colours lesson New set →

Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 865 · 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.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  2. 2.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) red
  4. 4.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  5. 5.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  6. 6.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red (d) green
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) green (d) purple
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) purple (d) red
  10. 10.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  11. 11.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) blue (c) purple (d) green
  12. 12.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  13. 13.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  18. 18.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and yellow (c) red and blue (d) yellow and blue
  20. 20.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red
  21. 21.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  23. 23.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  26. 26.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  27. 27.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and red (b) red and blue (c) yellow and blue (d) blue and yellow
  28. 28.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  29. 29.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  31. 31.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  33. 33.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  34. 34.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  35. 35.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  36. 36.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and red (c) red and blue (d) yellow and blue
  37. 37.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and blue (c) blue and red (d) red and yellow
  39. 39.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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