Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 929 · 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.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
3. 3.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
4. 4.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) purple (c) yellow (d) red
5. 5.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) brown and grey (b) the primary colours (c) the secondary colours (d) the tertiary colours
6. 6.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
7. 7.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) yellow
10. 10.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) green (d) yellow
14. 14.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
15. 15.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
17. 17.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
18. 18.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
19. 19.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
20. 20.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
21. 21.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) red (d) purple
22. 22.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
24. 24.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) orange (d) green
26. 26.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
28. 28.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
30. 30.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
31. 31.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red
34. 34.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
39. 39.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) blue (b) green (c) orange (d) purple

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