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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 102 · 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 of these is a tertiary colour? (a) blue (b) orange (c) green (d) red-purple
  2. 2.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) red (b) purple (c) blue (d) yellow-green
  3. 3.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  5. 5.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  6. 6.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  7. 7.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue-purple and red-purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) purple (c) red-orange (d) blue
  8. 8.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, purple sits between purple and red. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) red (b) blue (c) green (d) yellow-orange
  10. 10.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  11. 11.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) orange (b) red-orange (c) green (d) red
  12. 12.🎡 On the colour wheel, is green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  13. 13.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-green sits between orange and yellow. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-orange and yellow-orange? (a) red-orange (b) orange (c) blue-purple (d) yellow-green
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) red-orange (c) red-purple (d) yellow-orange
  16. 16.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and blue? (a) red (b) orange (c) purple (d) green
  17. 17.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-green sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  19. 19.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) two primaries (c) two tertiaries (d) a primary + a secondary
  20. 20.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  22. 22.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) red-purple (c) blue (d) green
  23. 23.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between green and blue? (a) red-purple (b) blue-green (c) green (d) yellow
  24. 24.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red-purple (b) green (c) yellow-green (d) yellow
  25. 25.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  26. 26.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and orange? (a) blue-purple (b) red-orange (c) purple (d) yellow
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue-green (b) blue (c) red (d) yellow
  28. 28.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-green sits between blue and purple. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red-purple (d) red
  31. 31.True or false: yellow-orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🎡 Which of these is a neutral colour, not found on the colour wheel? (a) orange (b) blue-green (c) red (d) grey
  33. 33.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) yellow-green (d) orange
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow-green (b) orange (c) blue-purple (d) red-orange
  35. 35.True or false: yellow-green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) primary colours (b) neutral colours (c) analogous colours (d) complementary colours
  38. 38.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-green sits between green and blue. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-orange sits between orange and yellow. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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