Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 874 · 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.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) green (d) red
2. 2.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
3. 3.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and blue (b) yellow and red (c) yellow and blue (d) blue and red
4. 4.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) blue and yellow (c) red and blue (d) red and yellow
5. 5.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
7. 7.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) red (d) purple
8. 8.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
11. 11.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
13. 13.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) brown and grey (b) the tertiary colours (c) the secondary colours (d) the primary colours
14. 14.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
17. 17.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
19. 19.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
20. 20.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) orange
22. 22.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
23. 23.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
25. 25.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
26. 26.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
27. 27.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
28. 28.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) red (c) purple (d) yellow
29. 29.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs red. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) purple (d) green
31. 31.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) orange
33. 33.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
34. 34.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
35. 35.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
36. 36.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
37. 37.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) blue (c) purple (d) green
38. 38.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two primary colours (b) three neutral colours (c) two secondary colours (d) black and white
39. 39.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True

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