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