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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 140 · 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: blue is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) primary colours (b) complementary colours (c) analogous colours (d) neutral colours
  3. 3.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and purple? (a) yellow-green (b) blue-purple (c) red (d) green
  4. 4.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and green? (a) red-orange (b) blue (c) yellow-green (d) blue-purple
  5. 5.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and blue? (a) red (b) green (c) orange (d) purple
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) purple (c) yellow-orange (d) green
  7. 7.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-purple sits between red-orange and yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow-green (b) red (c) yellow-orange (d) purple
  9. 9.True or false: blue-green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: red-purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) red (d) yellow-green
  12. 12.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and yellow? (a) blue (b) green (c) orange (d) purple
  13. 13.True or false: blue-purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: red-orange is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow sits between red and orange. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow-green (b) blue (c) blue-purple (d) red-orange
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red (d) blue-green
  19. 19.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) red-orange (c) yellow-orange (d) blue
  20. 20.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and red? (a) green (b) yellow (c) purple (d) orange
  21. 21.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) yellow-orange (d) red
  22. 22.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, orange sits between blue-purple and red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  24. 24.True or false: yellow-orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-purple sits between purple and red. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red (d) green
  27. 27.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red-purple (b) red-orange (c) yellow (d) orange
  28. 28.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  30. 30.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-orange sits between blue-purple and red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-purple sits between orange and yellow. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🎡 Which of these is a neutral colour, not found on the colour wheel? (a) orange (b) grey (c) blue-green (d) red
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) green (c) yellow (d) blue
  34. 34.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-orange sits between red and orange. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  36. 36.True or false: yellow-green is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-orange and yellow-orange? (a) orange (b) red-orange (c) yellow-green (d) red
  38. 38.🎡 On the colour wheel, is purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  39. 39.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue-green and blue-purple? (a) purple (b) red (c) green (d) blue
  40. 40.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour

Answer key

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

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