← The colour wheel lesson New set →

Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 180 · 40 questions
TalentJR

Artist's tip (Go round the circle): Order: red, red-orange, orange, yellow-orange, yellow, yellow-green, green, blue-green, blue, blue-purple, purple, red-purple. Primary: red, yellow, blue. Secondary: orange, green, purple. Tertiary: the six two-word colours. Neighbours on the wheel are called analogous colours; black, white, grey and brown are neutrals and are not on the wheel.

NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
  1. 1.🎡 On the colour wheel, is green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  2. 2.🎡 Which of these is a neutral colour, not found on the colour wheel? (a) red (b) blue-green (c) grey (d) orange
  3. 3.🎡 On the colour wheel, is purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  4. 4.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  5. 5.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue-purple (b) blue (c) yellow (d) orange
  6. 6.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-orange sits between red and orange. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  8. 8.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-purple and red-orange? (a) yellow-orange (b) red (c) yellow-green (d) green
  9. 9.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between purple and red? (a) orange (b) red-orange (c) red-purple (d) yellow-orange
  10. 10.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) yellow-orange (b) green (c) yellow (d) blue
  11. 11.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) blue-purple (c) red (d) purple
  12. 12.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and purple? (a) yellow-green (b) orange (c) blue-purple (d) yellow
  13. 13.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  14. 14.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) blue (c) orange (d) red-purple
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) purple (c) yellow-orange (d) green
  16. 16.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: yellow-green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  19. 19.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  20. 20.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and yellow? (a) blue (b) purple (c) orange (d) green
  21. 21.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and red? (a) green (b) yellow (c) orange (d) purple
  22. 22.True or false: purple is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) two tertiaries (b) a primary + a secondary (c) two primaries (d) black and white
  24. 24.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  25. 25.True or false: blue-purple is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, purple sits between blue-purple and red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-orange sits between yellow and green. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) red-purple (b) red (c) purple (d) yellow
  29. 29.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green? (a) red (b) red-orange (c) orange (d) yellow
  30. 30.True or false: yellow-orange is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) blue (d) yellow-green
  32. 32.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) orange (b) blue (c) purple (d) blue-purple
  34. 34.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) complementary colours (b) analogous colours (c) primary colours (d) neutral colours
  35. 35.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-green sits between yellow and green. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-green sits between green and blue. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: blue-green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red-purple (b) purple (c) green (d) orange
  39. 39.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red (b) orange (c) purple (d) yellow-orange
  40. 40.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red-orange (b) yellow (c) purple (d) orange

Answer key

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

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