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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 129 · 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, green sits between red-purple and red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-green sits between blue-green and blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, orange sits between red-orange and yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and orange? (a) yellow (b) red-orange (c) purple (d) blue-green
  5. 5.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  6. 6.🎡 Which of these is a neutral colour, not found on the colour wheel? (a) blue-green (b) grey (c) red (d) orange
  7. 7.True or false: yellow-orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, purple sits between blue-purple and red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green? (a) yellow (b) red-purple (c) blue-green (d) yellow-orange
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) blue-purple
  11. 11.True or false: red-orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) blue (b) red-orange (c) green (d) yellow
  13. 13.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-green sits between yellow and green. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  15. 15.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) yellow-green (b) green (c) purple (d) yellow
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue-purple (b) blue-green (c) yellow (d) red-orange
  17. 17.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, green sits between blue and purple. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) a primary + a secondary (b) two tertiaries (c) two primaries (d) black and white
  19. 19.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, purple sits between green and blue. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  21. 21.🎡 On the colour wheel, is orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  22. 22.True or false: yellow-orange is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🎡 On the colour wheel, is green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  24. 24.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  25. 25.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow-green (b) yellow (c) purple (d) red
  26. 26.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  27. 27.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) green (b) yellow (c) blue-purple (d) yellow-green
  28. 28.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and red? (a) orange (b) green (c) yellow (d) purple
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) blue (c) purple (d) green
  30. 30.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) purple (b) orange (c) red (d) red-purple
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) orange (c) purple (d) green
  32. 32.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-orange sits between yellow and green. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) yellow-orange (c) red-purple (d) blue-purple
  34. 34.True or false: red-purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  36. 36.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between purple and red? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) red-purple (d) green
  37. 37.True or false: purple is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between green and blue? (a) blue-green (b) red-purple (c) blue (d) green
  39. 39.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue-purple and red-purple? (a) red (b) yellow-orange (c) red-purple (d) purple

Answer key

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

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