Color Wheel for Kids!

Do you like to mix colors? Did you know mixed colors have names and groups? They do!
The first group is called

PRIMARY COLORS
red-violet

red
yellow
blue

red

violet

red-orange

The second group is called

SECONDARY COLORS

orange

blue-violet

yellow-orange

blue

these are made by mixing the

primary colors that sandwich them
on the color wheel (skip over the tertiary colors!)

orange
green
violet

yellow

blue-green

green

yellow-green

The third group is called

TERTIARY COLORS

Answer the following questions

using the color wheel.

these are made by mixing the primary color

and secondary color that sandwich them
on the color wheel

red-orange
yellow-orange
yellow-green
blue-green
blue-violet
red-violet

1. What two primary colors are mixed to make

the secondary color orange?
(Hint: Remember to skip over the tertiary colors!)

red and yellow

Color your own color wheel!

2. What two colors are mixed to make yellow-green?

(Hint: One is primary and the other is secondary)

red-violet

green and yellow

3. How many tertiary colors are there in
the color wheel?

six
4. Opposite colors are straight across from each
other like red and green. What color is opposite
blue on the color wheel?

orange

violet

red
red-orange

blue-violet

orange

blue

yellow-orange

yellow

blue-green

green

yellow-green

Color Wheel for Kids!

Do you like to mix colors? Did you know mixed colors have names and groups? They do!
The first group is called

PRIMARY COLORS
red-violet

red
yellow
blue

red

violet

red-orange

The second group is called

SECONDARY COLORS

orange

blue-violet

yellow-orange

blue

these are made by mixing the

primary colors that sandwich them
on the color wheel (skip over the tertiary colors!)

orange
green
violet

yellow

blue-green

green

yellow-green

The third group is called

TERTIARY COLORS

Answer the following questions

using the color wheel.

these are made by mixing the primary color

and secondary color that sandwich them
on the color wheel

red-orange
yellow-orange
yellow-green
blue-green
blue-violet
red-violet

1. What two primary colors are mixed to make

the secondary color orange?
(Hint: Remember to skip over the tertiary colors!)

red and yellow

Color your own color wheel!

2. What two colors are mixed to make yellow-green?

(hint: one is a primary and the other is a secondary)

red-violet

green and yellow

3. How many tertiary colors are there in
the color wheel?

six
4. Opposite colors are straight across from each
other like red and green. What color is opposite
blue on the color wheel?

orange

violet

red
red-orange

blue-violet

orange

blue

yellow-orange

yellow

blue-green

green

yellow-green