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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 141 · 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 tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: blue-purple is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow-green (b) red-orange (c) red (d) yellow-orange
  4. 4.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) blue (b) yellow-green (c) green (d) red-purple
  5. 5.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-green and blue-green? (a) blue-purple (b) blue (c) red (d) green
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue-green (b) yellow-orange (c) yellow (d) red-orange
  7. 7.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  8. 8.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) complementary colours (b) analogous colours (c) neutral colours (d) primary colours
  9. 9.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red sits between red-purple and red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  11. 11.True or false: red-purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  13. 13.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and yellow? (a) purple (b) green (c) blue (d) orange
  14. 14.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and red? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) green (d) purple
  15. 15.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and blue? (a) orange (b) purple (c) red (d) green
  16. 16.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue-purple (b) yellow-green (c) orange (d) red-purple
  17. 17.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  18. 18.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-purple sits between blue and purple. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red-purple (b) blue-purple (c) red-orange (d) purple
  20. 20.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-purple and red-orange? (a) yellow-green (b) blue-purple (c) green (d) red
  21. 21.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) yellow-orange (d) red-orange
  22. 22.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-green sits between yellow-green and blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) green (b) red-purple (c) red-orange (d) yellow
  24. 24.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  25. 25.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  26. 26.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-purple sits between purple and red. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) yellow (b) yellow-orange (c) purple (d) orange
  28. 28.🎡 Which of these is a neutral colour, not found on the colour wheel? (a) blue-green (b) grey (c) red (d) orange
  29. 29.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) green (b) red (c) yellow (d) yellow-green
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) red (d) blue
  31. 31.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) two primaries (b) black and white (c) a primary + a secondary (d) two tertiaries
  32. 32.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  33. 33.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-green sits between green and blue. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow sits between yellow-orange and yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  36. 36.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-orange and yellow-orange? (a) yellow-green (b) orange (c) red-purple (d) red
  39. 39.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) red-orange (b) red (c) purple (d) blue
  40. 40.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-green sits between red and orange. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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