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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 123 · 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, orange sits between blue and purple. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red (b) yellow-orange (c) purple (d) yellow-green
  3. 3.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) blue-green (b) blue-purple (c) yellow-green (d) yellow
  4. 4.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  5. 5.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, orange sits between red-orange and yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  7. 7.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  8. 8.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and yellow? (a) green (b) blue (c) orange (d) purple
  10. 10.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and blue? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) red
  11. 11.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) two tertiaries (c) two primaries (d) a primary + a secondary
  12. 12.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue-purple and red-purple? (a) orange (b) red-purple (c) red-orange (d) purple
  13. 13.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  14. 14.🎡 On the colour wheel, is orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  15. 15.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  16. 16.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) blue-purple
  17. 17.True or false: red-orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-green and blue-green? (a) green (b) blue-purple (c) red (d) yellow-green
  19. 19.True or false: blue-purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue sits between blue-green and blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red sits between blue-purple and red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) blue (c) blue-green (d) red-orange
  23. 23.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-green sits between green and blue. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and orange? (a) red (b) purple (c) orange (d) red-orange
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) green (c) red-orange (d) orange
  27. 27.True or false: yellow-green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow-orange (b) yellow (c) red (d) orange
  29. 29.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red sits between red and orange. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🎡 Which of these is a neutral colour, not found on the colour wheel? (a) orange (b) blue-green (c) red (d) grey
  31. 31.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) red-orange (b) green (c) red (d) purple
  32. 32.True or false: blue is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red (d) blue-purple
  34. 34.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, purple sits between blue-purple and red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  36. 36.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-green sits between yellow and green. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) blue
  38. 38.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  39. 39.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and red? (a) orange (b) green (c) yellow (d) purple
  40. 40.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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