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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 103 · 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) purple (b) green (c) blue-green (d) orange
  2. 2.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red-orange (b) blue-green (c) blue-purple (d) blue
  4. 4.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  6. 6.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-purple sits between yellow and green. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow-green (b) red (c) yellow (d) blue
  8. 8.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) complementary colours (b) neutral colours (c) analogous colours (d) primary colours
  10. 10.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red-orange (b) purple (c) yellow (d) yellow-green
  11. 11.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue-green and blue-purple? (a) red (b) blue (c) purple (d) yellow-orange
  12. 12.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-purple sits between orange and yellow. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, purple sits between blue-purple and red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) two tertiaries (b) a primary + a secondary (c) two primaries (d) black and white
  15. 15.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  16. 16.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow (b) yellow-orange (c) yellow-green (d) orange
  17. 17.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow sits between orange and yellow. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red sits between red-orange and yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue-green (b) blue-purple (c) green (d) red-purple
  20. 20.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  21. 21.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red-orange (b) orange (c) yellow-green (d) yellow
  22. 22.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and red? (a) orange (b) green (c) yellow (d) purple
  24. 24.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and blue? (a) purple (b) red (c) green (d) orange
  25. 25.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-green sits between red-purple and red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  27. 27.🎡 On the colour wheel, is orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  28. 28.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  29. 29.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and orange? (a) red (b) red-orange (c) yellow-orange (d) blue-purple
  30. 30.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, purple sits between orange and yellow. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between purple and red? (a) red-purple (b) blue-green (c) red (d) orange
  32. 32.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and yellow? (a) purple (b) orange (c) blue (d) green
  33. 33.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) red
  35. 35.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-orange and yellow-orange? (a) yellow-orange (b) red (c) orange (d) blue-purple
  36. 36.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-green and blue-green? (a) red (b) purple (c) red-purple (d) green
  37. 37.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) blue-green (d) green
  38. 38.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) red-orange
  39. 39.True or false: blue is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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