← Primary and secondary colours lesson New set →

Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 952 · 40 questions
TalentJR

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?

NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
  1. 1.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  2. 2.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) blue and red
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) orange (d) yellow
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) red
  6. 6.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  8. 8.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) green
  9. 9.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and red (b) blue and yellow (c) yellow and red (d) red and blue
  11. 11.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) yellow and red (c) blue and yellow (d) red and blue
  13. 13.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  14. 14.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and red (c) blue and yellow (d) red and yellow
  16. 16.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  18. 18.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  19. 19.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  21. 21.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) three neutral colours (c) two secondary colours (d) two primary colours
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red
  23. 23.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  26. 26.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  27. 27.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  29. 29.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  31. 31.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  32. 32.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  34. 34.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) purple
  36. 36.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  37. 37.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) red (d) purple
  40. 40.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red

Answer key

  1. primary colour
  2. False
  3. red and yellow
  4. orange
  5. red
  6. False
  7. purple
  8. green
  9. True
  10. blue and yellow
  11. False
  12. yellow and red
  13. blue
  14. True
  15. blue and red
  16. True
  17. yellow
  18. 3
  19. True
  20. primary colour
  21. two primary colours
  22. green
  23. True
  24. True
  25. 2
  26. orange
  27. True
  28. red
  29. False
  30. yellow
  31. primary colour
  32. True
  33. orange
  34. red
  35. purple
  36. red
  37. True
  38. True
  39. red
  40. yellow

Free art and painting lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/art-for-kids