← The colour wheel lesson New set →

Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 433 · 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 a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and orange? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-orange (c) purple (d) yellow
  2. 2.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  3. 3.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  4. 4.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green? (a) red (b) orange (c) yellow (d) blue-green
  5. 5.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  6. 6.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) purple (c) red-orange (d) blue-purple
  7. 7.True or false: red-orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) green (b) red-purple (c) purple (d) red
  9. 9.True or false: red-purple is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🎡 On the colour wheel, is green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  11. 11.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red-orange (b) blue-green (c) red (d) yellow-green
  13. 13.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-orange sits between orange and yellow. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) yellow-green (c) red (d) blue
  15. 15.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  16. 16.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-orange and yellow-orange? (a) red-purple (b) red (c) orange (d) blue
  17. 17.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-green sits between blue and purple. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-green sits between red and orange. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow (b) green (c) yellow-orange (d) red-purple
  20. 20.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) red-orange (c) blue-green (d) yellow-orange
  22. 22.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow-green (b) purple (c) blue-green (d) red
  23. 23.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between green and blue? (a) blue-green (b) blue-purple (c) red (d) yellow-green
  24. 24.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  25. 25.🎡 Which of these is a neutral colour, not found on the colour wheel? (a) red (b) orange (c) grey (d) blue-green
  26. 26.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) green (b) red-purple (c) yellow-green (d) blue-purple
  27. 27.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue-green and blue-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) red-orange (c) blue (d) orange
  28. 28.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  29. 29.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-orange sits between blue-green and blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and red? (a) green (b) orange (c) yellow (d) purple
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) green (d) red
  32. 32.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-orange sits between red and orange. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) red-orange (b) red (c) yellow (d) green
  34. 34.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) complementary colours (b) neutral colours (c) analogous colours (d) primary colours
  35. 35.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  37. 37.True or false: blue-green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue-purple and red-purple? (a) purple (b) blue-purple (c) red-orange (d) yellow-orange
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue-green (b) yellow-orange (c) red-purple (d) blue

Answer key

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

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