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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 113 · 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, red-orange sits between red-purple and red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-orange sits between orange and yellow. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: yellow-orange is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) green (b) blue (c) yellow (d) red-purple
  5. 5.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between green and blue? (a) green (b) blue-green (c) orange (d) red
  6. 6.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  7. 7.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-green sits between purple and red. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue-purple (b) red (c) red-purple (d) blue-green
  9. 9.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow-green (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red
  11. 11.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) primary colours (b) complementary colours (c) neutral colours (d) analogous colours
  12. 12.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow (b) red-purple (c) yellow-green (d) green
  13. 13.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) green (b) yellow-orange (c) red (d) yellow
  14. 14.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, orange sits between blue-green and blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-green sits between red and orange. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and green? (a) yellow-green (b) purple (c) red-purple (d) yellow-orange
  17. 17.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow-green (b) yellow (c) red-orange (d) yellow-orange
  19. 19.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  20. 20.True or false: green is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: blue-purple is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  23. 23.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and purple? (a) red-purple (b) orange (c) blue-purple (d) blue
  24. 24.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and orange? (a) red (b) red-orange (c) yellow-green (d) purple
  25. 25.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) blue-green (b) purple (c) red (d) orange
  26. 26.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between purple and red? (a) red-orange (b) purple (c) red-purple (d) blue-purple
  27. 27.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red-orange (b) yellow (c) red (d) blue
  29. 29.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  30. 30.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between orange and yellow? (a) yellow (b) red-orange (c) red-purple (d) yellow-orange
  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.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  33. 33.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  35. 35.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) two primaries (b) black and white (c) a primary + a secondary (d) two tertiaries
  36. 36.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and yellow? (a) green (b) orange (c) blue (d) purple
  37. 37.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) red (b) yellow-green (c) green (d) purple
  38. 38.🎡 On the colour wheel, is orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow-green (c) yellow-orange (d) orange
  40. 40.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-purple sits between blue and purple. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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