← The colour wheel lesson New set →

Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 355 · 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 red-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) blue-green (d) yellow-orange
  3. 3.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-orange sits between yellow-green and blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: purple is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) purple (c) red (d) green
  7. 7.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) blue-purple (b) blue (c) purple (d) orange
  8. 8.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) orange (c) yellow (d) green
  11. 11.🎡 On the colour wheel, is green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  12. 12.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  13. 13.True or false: red-orange is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-purple sits between blue and purple. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  17. 17.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) a primary + a secondary (b) two primaries (c) two tertiaries (d) black and white
  18. 18.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, orange sits between purple and red. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) orange (d) yellow-green
  20. 20.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-purple sits between purple and red. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-green sits between yellow and green. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and green? (a) orange (b) red-orange (c) blue-green (d) yellow-green
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) blue-purple (d) red
  24. 24.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) blue-green
  25. 25.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-green sits between green and blue. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between orange and yellow? (a) red (b) yellow (c) yellow-orange (d) blue
  27. 27.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  28. 28.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red-purple (b) yellow (c) green (d) blue-purple
  29. 29.🎡 On the colour wheel, is orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  30. 30.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) complementary colours (b) neutral colours (c) analogous colours (d) primary colours
  31. 31.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) blue-green (b) red-orange (c) red (d) orange
  32. 32.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  33. 33.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red sits between red-purple and red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-orange sits between red-orange and yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: yellow-orange is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow (b) green (c) blue-green (d) purple
  37. 37.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  38. 38.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and red? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) yellow
  39. 39.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green? (a) yellow (b) blue-purple (c) purple (d) blue-green

Answer key

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

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