Color Theory for Kids: Learn About Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Colors

Question 1

Which of the following is a secondary color, made by mixing two primary colors?

Accepted Answer

Orange

Answer

Red

Answer

Green

Answer

Blue

Question 2

Which color is a primary color that cannot be created by mixing other colors?

Accepted Answer

Red

Answer

Green

Answer

Purple

Question 3

When you mix yellow and blue, what color do you create?

Accepted Answer

Green

Answer

Orange

Answer

Purple

Answer

Brown

Question 4

What is the name of the tool that shows how colors relate to each other?

Accepted Answer

Color wheel

Answer

Color harmony

Answer

Color palette

Answer

Color spectrum

Question 5

Which of these color combinations is not a set of analogous colors?

Accepted Answer

Yellow, blue, red

Answer

Red, orange, yellow

Answer

Green, blue, purple

Answer

Orange, purple, green

Question 6

What is the difference between warm and cool colors?

Accepted Answer

Warm colors are like fire and heat, and cool colors are like water and ice

Answer

Warm colors are light, and cool colors are dark

Answer

Warm colors create happiness, and cool colors create sadness

Answer

Warm colors are on the left side of the color wheel, and cool colors are on the right side

Question 7

Which of these is a tertiary color?

Accepted Answer

Yellow-green

Answer

Red

Answer

Blue

Answer

Purple

Question 8

Which of these is NOT a color scheme?

Accepted Answer

Rainbow

Answer

Monochromatic

Answer

Complementary

Answer

Analogous

Question 9

Which of these colors is a warm color?

Accepted Answer

Red

Answer

Blue

Answer

Green

Answer

Purple

Question 10

Which of these is a subtractive color model?

Accepted Answer

CMYK

Answer

RGB

Answer

HSV

Answer

HSB

Question 11

Who invented the color wheel?

Accepted Answer

Sir Isaac Newton

Answer

Vincent van Gogh

Answer

Pablo Picasso

Answer

Leonardo da Vinci

Question 12

Which of these colors is NOT a primary color?

Accepted Answer

Green

Answer

Red

Answer

Yellow

Answer

Blue

Question 13

Which color scheme uses colors that are directly opposite each other on the color wheel? (There's only one answer.)

Accepted Answer

Complementary

Answer

Analogous

Answer

Triadic

Answer

Monochromatic

Question 14

What type of color scheme uses different shades of the same color? (There's only one answer.)

Accepted Answer

Monochromatic

Answer

Analogous

Answer

Complementary

Answer

Triadic

Question 15

Which of these is a neutral color? (There's only one answer.)

Accepted Answer

White

Answer

Yellow

Answer

Brown

Answer

Blue

Question 16

What is a good way to create a color palette that looks good? (There can be more than one answer.)

Accepted Answer

Use colors that are analogous, complementary, or triadic

Answer

Use only primary colors

Answer

Use only warm colors

Answer

Use as many different colors as possible

Question 17

When you mix blue and yellow, what color do you get?

Accepted Answer

Green

Answer

Red

Answer

Orange

Answer

Purple

Question 18

Which of the following colors is considered a warm color?

Accepted Answer

Red

Answer

Blue

Answer

Green

Answer

Purple

Question 19

What is the name of the tool that organizes colors in a circle?

Accepted Answer

Color wheel

Answer

Color palette

Answer

Color chart

Answer

Color spectrum

Question 20

Which color scheme uses colors that are opposite each other on the color wheel?

Accepted Answer

Complementary

Answer

Monochromatic

Answer

Triadic

Answer

Analogous

Question 21

Which type of paint uses water to mix with the colors?

Accepted Answer

Watercolor paint

Answer

Acrylic paint

Answer

Oil paint

Answer

Gouache paint

Question 22

Which of the following colors is considered a cool color?

Accepted Answer

Blue

Answer

Red

Answer

Orange

Answer

Yellow

Question 23

What is the name of the element of color that describes how light or dark it is?

Accepted Answer

Value

Answer

Hue

Answer

Saturation

Answer

Intensity

Question 24

Which of the following colors is NOT a warm color?

Accepted Answer

Blue

Answer

Red

Answer

Yellow

Answer

Orange

Question 25

What is the term for the lightness or darkness of a color?

Accepted Answer

Value

Answer

Hue

Answer

Saturation

Answer

Intensity

Question 26

Which color scheme uses colors that are opposite each other on the color wheel?

Accepted Answer

Complementary

Answer

Monochromatic

Answer

Analogous

Answer

Triadic

Question 27

What is the term for the purity or strength of a color?

Accepted Answer

Saturation

Answer

Hue

Answer

Value

Answer

Intensity

Question 28

When you mix white paint with a color, what happens?

Accepted Answer

The color becomes lighter.

Answer

The color becomes darker.

Answer

The color changes to a completely different color.

Question 29

Which of these colors is considered a primary color?

Accepted Answer

Blue

Answer

Green

Answer

Orange

Answer

Purple

Question 30

When you mix red and blue, what color do you get?

Accepted Answer

Purple

Answer

Orange

Answer

Green

Answer

Yellow

Question 31

Which of these colors is considered a neutral color?

Accepted Answer

Gray

Answer

Blue

Answer

Green

Answer

Orange

Question 32

On a clear day, what color do we typically see the sky?

Accepted Answer

Blue

Answer

Green

Answer

Orange

Answer

Purple

Question 33

When we combine a primary color with a secondary color, what type of color do we create?

Accepted Answer

Tertiary color

Answer

Primary color

Answer

Secondary color

Answer

Neutral color

Question 34

In Vincent van Gogh's painting 'The Starry Night,' what effect does the artist create by using mostly blue and yellow?

Accepted Answer

A feeling of movement and energy

Answer

A sense of calmness and peacefulness

Answer

A realistic depiction of the night sky

Answer

A feeling of sadness and loneliness

Question 35

When you mix red and yellow, what color do you get?

Accepted Answer

Orange

Answer

Blue

Answer

Green

Answer

Purple

Question 36

What is the name of the wheel that shows the relationships between different colors?

Accepted Answer

Color Wheel

Answer

Color Chart

Answer

Color Palette

Answer

Color Scale

Question 37

What is the color that is opposite red on the color wheel?

Accepted Answer

Blue

Answer

Green

Answer

Yellow

Answer

Purple

Question 38

Which color scheme uses colors that are side-by-side on the color wheel?

Accepted Answer

Analogous

Answer

Triadic

Answer

Complementary

Answer

Split-Complementary

Question 39

Which type of paint is known for its thick, 3D-like texture?

Accepted Answer

Oil

Answer

Acrylic

Answer

Watercolor

Answer

Tempera

Question 40

Which color scheme consists of colors adjacent to one another on the color wheel?

Accepted Answer

Analogous

Answer

Monochromatic

Answer

Complementary

Answer

Triadic

Question 41

Which of these is considered a warm color?

Accepted Answer

Orange

Answer

Blue

Answer

Purple

Answer

Green

Question 42

What term describes the process of combining different colors to form new ones?

Accepted Answer

Color mixing

Answer

Color blending

Answer

Color fusion

Answer

Color synthesis

Question 43

Which of the following is not a primary color?

Accepted Answer

Orange

Answer

Red

Answer

Yellow

Answer

Blue

Question 44

What tool is used to organize colors in a circular arrangement?

Accepted Answer

Color wheel

Answer

Color palette

Answer

Color spectrum

Answer

Color chart

Question 45

Which color scheme involves colors spaced evenly apart on the color wheel?

Accepted Answer

Triadic

Answer

Monochromatic

Answer

Complementary

Answer

Analogous

Question 46

What color results from mixing red and blue?

Accepted Answer

Purple

Answer

Green

Answer

Yellow

Answer

Black

Question 47

In an additive color model, how are colors made?

Accepted Answer

Combining different colored lights

Answer

Mixing different colored paints

Question 48

What do we call a color made by mixing two primary colors?

Accepted Answer

Secondary color

Answer

Primary color

Answer

Tertiary color

Answer

Warm color

Question 49

Which of these is a warm color?

Accepted Answer

Red

Answer

Blue

Answer

Green

Answer

Purple