Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 999 · 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.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
2. 2.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
4. 4.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and blue (c) red and yellow (d) yellow and red
5. 5.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two secondary colours (b) black and white (c) two primary colours (d) three neutral colours
6. 6.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
8. 8.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
9. 9.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) yellow
10. 10.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) blue and red (c) red and yellow (d) yellow and blue
12. 12.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
14. 14.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) orange
16. 16.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) orange (c) yellow (d) green
18. 18.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
19. 19.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.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
23. 23.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
25. 25.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
26. 26.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
28. 28.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
29. 29.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and yellow (c) blue and red (d) yellow and red
30. 30.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) blue
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) green (d) red
33. 33.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
34. 34.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) red (c) orange (d) green
37. 37.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
38. 38.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and blue (b) yellow and blue (c) yellow and red (d) blue and yellow
39. 39.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
40. 40.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) True (b) False

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