Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids
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.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
- 2.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
- 3.True or false: blue-purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
- 4.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
- 5.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-green sits between purple and red. (a) True (b) False
- 6.🎡 On the colour wheel, is orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
- 7.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue sits between blue-green and blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
- 8.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) red-purple (c) yellow (d) orange
- 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) green (c) yellow (d) orange
- 10.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
- 11.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and green? (a) yellow-orange (b) yellow-green (c) purple (d) orange
- 12.True or false: green is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
- 13.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) purple (b) blue-purple (c) yellow-orange (d) red-orange
- 14.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, orange sits between blue-green and blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
- 15.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and blue? (a) orange (b) green (c) red (d) purple
- 16.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red sits between red-purple and red-orange. (a) False (b) True
- 17.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) blue (b) yellow-green (c) orange (d) green
- 18.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-purple and red-orange? (a) red (b) purple (c) yellow-orange (d) green
- 19.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
- 20.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red sits between purple and red. (a) False (b) True
- 21.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
- 22.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-orange and yellow-orange? (a) green (b) orange (c) yellow (d) blue-green
- 23.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, orange sits between red-orange and yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) blue (d) red
- 25.🎡 On the colour wheel, is green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
- 26.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
- 27.True or false: yellow-orange is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
- 28.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue-green and blue-purple? (a) blue (b) red-orange (c) yellow-orange (d) blue-purple
- 29.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and orange? (a) orange (b) blue-purple (c) red-orange (d) yellow-green
- 30.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-green sits between yellow and green. (a) True (b) False
- 31.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) purple (d) red
- 33.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between blue and purple? (a) blue-purple (b) red (c) green (d) red-orange
- 34.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-orange sits between orange and yellow. (a) True (b) False
- 35.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-purple sits between blue and purple. (a) False (b) True
- 36.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red-purple (b) red-orange (c) red (d) green
- 37.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) red-purple (c) red (d) red-orange
- 38.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
- 39.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, orange sits between red and orange. (a) False (b) True
- 40.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
Answer key
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- tertiary colour
- False
- True
- False
- secondary colour
- True
- yellow
- yellow
- tertiary colour
- yellow-green
- False
- purple
- False
- green
- True
- yellow-green
- red
- primary colour
- False
- tertiary colour
- orange
- True
- orange
- secondary colour
- 6
- True
- blue
- red-orange
- True
- True
- purple
- blue-purple
- True
- True
- green
- red
- tertiary colour
- False
- tertiary colour
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