Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 945 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) orange
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) blue (c) green (d) orange
3. 3.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) three neutral colours (b) two primary colours (c) black and white (d) two secondary colours
4. 4.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
5. 5.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
6. 6.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
7. 7.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
8. 8.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) purple (b) red (c) yellow (d) blue
9. 9.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue (c) green (d) yellow
11. 11.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green (d) red
12. 12.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
13. 13.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
16. 16.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) yellow
17. 17.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
18. 18.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs blue. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red (d) orange
21. 21.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
22. 22.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the secondary colours (b) the primary colours (c) the tertiary colours (d) brown and grey
24. 24.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
25. 25.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
26. 26.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and blue (c) yellow and red (d) blue and yellow
31. 31.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
33. 33.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
34. 34.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
35. 35.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
36. 36.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
39. 39.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green

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