Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 897 · 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.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
2. 2.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
3. 3.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
5. 5.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
6. 6.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
7. 7.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
8. 8.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
9. 9.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
10. 10.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) blue and red (c) yellow and red (d) red and blue
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green (d) blue
18. 18.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and red (c) red and yellow (d) blue and yellow
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green (d) yellow
20. 20.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
22. 22.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) orange (d) green
24. 24.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the secondary colours (b) brown and grey (c) the tertiary colours (d) the primary colours
25. 25.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
26. 26.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
29. 29.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) purple (d) yellow
31. 31.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and yellow (b) red and blue (c) yellow and blue (d) yellow and red
33. 33.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
34. 34.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
35. 35.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
36. 36.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
37. 37.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two primary colours (b) three neutral colours (c) two secondary colours (d) black and white
38. 38.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
39. 39.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?

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