Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 946 · 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) green (b) purple (c) yellow (d) orange
2. 2.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
5. 5.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
6. 6.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
9. 9.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) two primary colours (c) two secondary colours (d) three neutral colours
11. 11.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) green
12. 12.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the primary colours (b) brown and grey (c) the secondary colours (d) the tertiary colours
13. 13.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
14. 14.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
15. 15.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
16. 16.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
17. 17.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
18. 18.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
20. 20.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and blue (b) red and yellow (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and red
21. 21.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
22. 22.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow (c) green (d) blue
24. 24.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
25. 25.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red (b) purple (c) green (d) orange
26. 26.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) purple (b) red (c) yellow (d) blue
29. 29.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) yellow (d) orange
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) red (c) purple (d) orange
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) green (c) orange (d) purple
35. 35.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
37. 37.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
38. 38.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
39. 39.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False

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