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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 115 · 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, yellow-orange sits between orange and yellow. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, purple sits between blue-purple and red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and green? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-green (c) yellow-orange (d) yellow
  4. 4.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  5. 5.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  6. 6.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue-purple and red-purple? (a) blue-purple (b) red-orange (c) orange (d) purple
  7. 7.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  8. 8.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) blue-green (d) red-purple
  9. 9.🎡 On the colour wheel, is purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  10. 10.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  11. 11.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-orange sits between yellow and green. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: blue-purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: red-orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-green sits between yellow-green and blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red-purple (b) blue-green (c) purple (d) blue
  16. 16.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, orange sits between red-orange and yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) red (b) blue-green (c) orange (d) yellow
  18. 18.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green? (a) yellow-orange (b) yellow (c) purple (d) blue
  20. 20.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and red? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) yellow
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow-green (b) red (c) blue (d) yellow
  22. 22.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  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 red and yellow? (a) blue (b) green (c) orange (d) purple
  25. 25.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  26. 26.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, orange sits between yellow-green and blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red-purple (c) red (d) yellow
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) green (c) blue (d) red
  29. 29.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue-purple (b) orange (c) red-orange (d) yellow-green
  30. 30.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and blue? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) red
  31. 31.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue-green and blue-purple? (a) orange (b) blue (c) yellow-green (d) yellow-orange
  32. 32.True or false: blue-green is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and purple? (a) red-orange (b) orange (c) blue-purple (d) red-purple
  34. 34.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) red (b) purple (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
  35. 35.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and orange? (a) red-purple (b) red (c) red-orange (d) purple
  36. 36.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, purple sits between blue-green and blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-orange sits between red and orange. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between orange and yellow? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-orange (c) yellow-green (d) orange
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue-green (d) blue
  40. 40.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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