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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

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

Answer key

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

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