Colour Wheel (grade 5 & 6)

What do we call this group of colours?

• The Original Primary Colours

• Pretty colours

• Primary Colours 2.0

Answer explanation

These are the original primary colours. More recently, the idea that Cyan, Magenta, and Yellow are the true primary colours has emerged, causing some people (like us) to refer to these colours as the Primary Colours 1.0, or the Original primary colours.

What do we call this group of colours?

• blue, pink, and yellow

• CMYK

• Primary colours 2.0

Answer explanation

Cyan, magenta, and yellow are sometimes known as the Primary Colours 2.0.

Red + Yellow = ___

• Orange

• Red-Yellow

• Green

• Brown

Yellow + Blue = ___

• Purple

• Orange

• Green

• a shade

Orange, Green, and Violet/Purple are known as the ____ colours.

• primary

• secondary

• tertiary

• mixed

When you mix a primary colour (e.g., yellow) with a secondary colour (e.g., green), the new colour (in this example, yellow-green) would be known as what type of colour?

• primary

• secondary

• tertiary

• mixed

Answer explanation

Primary (1) + secondary (2) = tertiary (3)

What is red´s complementary colour?

• Violet

• Green

• Red-Orange

• Pink

Answer explanation

A complementary colour is the colour that is OPPOSITE on the colour wheel.

What is the complementary colour of violet (AKA purple)?

Where is a colour´s complementary colour found on the colour wheel?

• beside

• across/opposite

• two colours to the right

Starting with red, then red-orange, write the next 4 colours of the Colour Wheel, in order.