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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 126 · 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.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  2. 2.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and orange? (a) red-orange (b) yellow (c) blue-green (d) blue
  3. 3.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-green and blue-green? (a) green (b) yellow-orange (c) blue-purple (d) red-purple
  4. 4.🎡 Which of these is a neutral colour, not found on the colour wheel? (a) grey (b) red (c) blue-green (d) orange
  5. 5.True or false: red is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) green (d) purple
  7. 7.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: green is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  10. 10.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  11. 11.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and red? (a) yellow (b) green (c) orange (d) purple
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow-green (c) blue-purple (d) yellow-orange
  13. 13.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) red-orange
  15. 15.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, orange sits between red-orange and yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  17. 17.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between purple and red? (a) red (b) red-orange (c) red-purple (d) purple
  18. 18.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) orange (c) red (d) red-orange
  19. 19.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  20. 20.True or false: yellow is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) blue-purple (d) purple
  22. 22.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) yellow-green (b) orange (c) yellow (d) blue
  23. 23.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) neutral colours (b) primary colours (c) analogous colours (d) complementary colours
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) yellow-green
  26. 26.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue sits between yellow-green and blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: orange is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red-purple (c) red (d) yellow
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) green
  30. 30.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  31. 31.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  32. 32.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and blue? (a) orange (b) red (c) purple (d) green
  33. 33.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) blue-purple (c) blue (d) red-orange
  34. 34.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  35. 35.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow-green (b) blue-purple (c) purple (d) red
  36. 36.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) a primary + a secondary (b) two tertiaries (c) two primaries (d) black and white
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue-green (b) red (c) yellow (d) blue
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) orange
  39. 39.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and purple? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow-green (c) red-orange (d) yellow
  40. 40.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour

Answer key

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

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