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