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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

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

Answer key

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

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