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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 136 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue-green (c) red-orange (d) green
  2. 2.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  3. 3.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-green sits between green and blue. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) red-orange (d) red-purple
  5. 5.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between green and blue? (a) purple (b) orange (c) blue-green (d) yellow-orange
  6. 6.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) orange (b) red (c) blue-purple (d) yellow-orange
  7. 7.True or false: blue-green is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and red? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) yellow
  9. 9.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  10. 10.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) red-orange (b) red (c) blue (d) orange
  11. 11.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) two primaries (b) black and white (c) two tertiaries (d) a primary + a secondary
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) green (c) purple (d) orange
  13. 13.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) blue-purple (b) orange (c) yellow (d) blue
  14. 14.True or false: blue-purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  16. 16.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue (c) red-purple (d) yellow
  18. 18.🎡 On the colour wheel, is orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  19. 19.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  20. 20.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red sits between red-purple and red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue-purple and red-purple? (a) purple (b) red (c) green (d) yellow-orange
  22. 22.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-orange and yellow-orange? (a) green (b) yellow (c) orange (d) blue-purple
  23. 23.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  24. 24.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-orange sits between blue and purple. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue sits between blue-green and blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) blue-green (b) blue-purple (c) red (d) green
  28. 28.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  29. 29.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red-purple (b) green (c) red-orange (d) yellow-orange
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) red-orange
  31. 31.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) red (b) purple (c) blue (d) blue-green
  32. 32.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow-green (c) green (d) blue
  33. 33.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and orange? (a) blue (b) red-orange (c) green (d) yellow-orange
  34. 34.🎡 On the colour wheel, is green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  35. 35.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: orange is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) blue-green
  38. 38.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and blue? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) red
  39. 39.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red sits between green and blue. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) complementary colours (b) analogous colours (c) neutral colours (d) primary colours

Answer key

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

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