← The colour wheel lesson New set →

Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 360 · 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 yellow-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red-purple (b) red-orange (c) orange (d) yellow-green
  3. 3.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  4. 4.True or false: blue-green is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue-green and blue-purple? (a) blue-purple (b) red-orange (c) blue (d) red-purple
  6. 6.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  7. 7.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) two tertiaries (b) two primaries (c) black and white (d) a primary + a secondary
  8. 8.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) yellow-orange (c) red-orange (d) purple
  9. 9.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) complementary colours (b) neutral colours (c) analogous colours (d) primary colours
  10. 10.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, orange sits between red-orange and yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue-purple (c) blue (d) red
  12. 12.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and red? (a) yellow (b) green (c) purple (d) orange
  13. 13.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red-purple (b) yellow-green (c) yellow (d) orange
  14. 14.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-orange sits between orange and yellow. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, green sits between green and blue. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-green and blue-green? (a) yellow-green (b) red-purple (c) red (d) green
  17. 17.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-orange sits between red and orange. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green? (a) blue-green (b) blue (c) yellow (d) orange
  19. 19.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  20. 20.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  21. 21.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-green sits between yellow and green. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, purple sits between blue-purple and red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) blue (b) purple (c) yellow (d) red-orange
  24. 24.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and blue? (a) purple (b) orange (c) red (d) green
  25. 25.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: yellow-orange is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue sits between blue-green and blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: blue-purple is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  31. 31.🎡 On the colour wheel, is purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  32. 32.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-orange and yellow-orange? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) red-purple (d) orange
  33. 33.True or false: red-orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  35. 35.🎡 On the colour wheel, is orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  36. 36.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) red-purple (c) orange (d) blue
  37. 37.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  38. 38.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  39. 39.🎡 Which of these is a neutral colour, not found on the colour wheel? (a) orange (b) grey (c) blue-green (d) red
  40. 40.True or false: red-orange is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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