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