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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 127 · 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, blue-purple sits between red-purple and red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) blue-purple (b) red-purple (c) yellow-green (d) red
  3. 3.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) red-orange (b) red (c) blue (d) green
  4. 4.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue-purple (b) purple (c) red-orange (d) yellow
  5. 5.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) two primaries (c) two tertiaries (d) a primary + a secondary
  6. 6.🎡 On the colour wheel, is green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue-green (b) purple (c) orange (d) green
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) red-orange
  9. 9.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-green sits between blue-green and blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-orange and yellow-orange? (a) red (b) orange (c) red-orange (d) purple
  11. 11.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  12. 12.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  13. 13.True or false: purple is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red-orange (b) blue-purple (c) orange (d) red-purple
  16. 16.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  17. 17.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) blue (b) orange (c) red-orange (d) blue-purple
  18. 18.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) yellow-orange (b) purple (c) blue (d) green
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) blue-purple (d) red
  20. 20.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  21. 21.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green? (a) orange (b) red-purple (c) blue-green (d) yellow
  22. 22.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and orange? (a) blue (b) red-orange (c) purple (d) red-purple
  23. 23.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and yellow? (a) blue (b) purple (c) orange (d) green
  24. 24.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  25. 25.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  26. 26.🎡 Which of these is a neutral colour, not found on the colour wheel? (a) grey (b) orange (c) red (d) blue-green
  27. 27.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-orange sits between red and orange. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red sits between red-purple and red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) blue-green (b) purple (c) blue (d) yellow
  30. 30.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) blue-green (b) yellow (c) yellow-orange (d) blue-purple
  31. 31.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  32. 32.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: red-orange is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) green (c) red (d) yellow
  35. 35.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  36. 36.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  37. 37.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and purple? (a) red-purple (b) green (c) blue-purple (d) purple
  38. 38.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  39. 39.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-purple sits between purple and red. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and red? (a) orange (b) green (c) yellow (d) purple

Answer key

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

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