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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 101 · 40 questions
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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. 1.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) yellow-orange (c) red-orange (d) blue-purple
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) red (d) yellow
  3. 3.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, green sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  5. 5.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  6. 6.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  8. 8.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green? (a) blue-green (b) blue (c) red-orange (d) yellow
  9. 9.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) yellow-orange (b) orange (c) purple (d) red
  10. 10.🎡 On the colour wheel, is purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  11. 11.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-green sits between yellow and green. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) analogous colours (b) complementary colours (c) primary colours (d) neutral colours
  13. 13.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  14. 14.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  15. 15.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) two primaries (b) black and white (c) two tertiaries (d) a primary + a secondary
  16. 16.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow-green (c) yellow-orange (d) purple
  17. 17.True or false: yellow-green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: red-purple is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red (b) purple (c) red-orange (d) yellow-orange
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) orange (c) yellow (d) purple
  22. 22.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow sits between blue-purple and red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  24. 24.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and green? (a) blue (b) blue-green (c) red-orange (d) yellow-green
  25. 25.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-purple and red-orange? (a) blue (b) yellow-orange (c) purple (d) red
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow (c) red-purple (d) blue
  27. 27.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red sits between yellow and green. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, orange sits between purple and red. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-purple sits between blue and purple. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) red-orange (c) yellow (d) yellow-orange
  32. 32.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between green and blue? (a) yellow (b) blue-green (c) yellow-orange (d) yellow-green
  35. 35.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-green and blue-green? (a) red-purple (b) yellow-orange (c) green (d) red-orange
  36. 36.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) blue (b) blue-green (c) red-purple (d) purple
  37. 37.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  38. 38.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, green sits between green and blue. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue-green (b) green (c) red-orange (d) yellow-orange

Answer key

  1. orange
  2. red-orange
  3. False
  4. tertiary colour
  5. tertiary colour
  6. True
  7. 6
  8. yellow
  9. yellow-orange
  10. secondary colour
  11. True
  12. analogous colours
  13. primary colour
  14. 12
  15. a primary + a secondary
  16. purple
  17. False
  18. False
  19. True
  20. red
  21. yellow
  22. False
  23. tertiary colour
  24. yellow-green
  25. red
  26. red-purple
  27. False
  28. False
  29. False
  30. True
  31. yellow
  32. True
  33. True
  34. blue-green
  35. green
  36. blue
  37. 6
  38. False
  39. tertiary colour
  40. green

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