Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 959 · 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: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and red (c) red and blue (d) yellow and blue
3. 3.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red
5. 5.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) blue
7. 7.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two secondary colours (b) three neutral colours (c) black and white (d) two primary colours
8. 8.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) blue (b) purple (c) orange (d) green
9. 9.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
10. 10.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) green (c) blue (d) yellow
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) red (d) blue
12. 12.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
13. 13.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
16. 16.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) red and yellow (c) blue and yellow (d) red and blue
17. 17.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
18. 18.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
19. 19.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
20. 20.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
21. 21.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
22. 22.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
23. 23.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
24. 24.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
25. 25.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) orange (c) red (d) green
27. 27.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the secondary colours (b) the tertiary colours (c) brown and grey (d) the primary colours
29. 29.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) red and yellow (c) blue and yellow (d) red and blue
30. 30.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) purple
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) red (c) yellow (d) blue
32. 32.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) green (d) orange
35. 35.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
36. 36.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
38. 38.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
39. 39.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True

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