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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 155 · 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.🎡 On the colour wheel, is orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) primary colour (c) secondary colour
  2. 2.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and blue? (a) purple (b) red (c) orange (d) green
  3. 3.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between orange and yellow? (a) blue-green (b) green (c) yellow-orange (d) yellow-green
  4. 4.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) blue-green (b) yellow (c) orange (d) yellow-green
  5. 5.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) blue (b) orange (c) blue-green (d) purple
  6. 6.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, purple sits between blue-purple and red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: blue-green is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: yellow-orange is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and orange? (a) red-purple (b) yellow-orange (c) red-orange (d) blue-purple
  10. 10.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  11. 11.🎡 On the colour wheel, is purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) purple (c) red (d) yellow
  13. 13.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-green and blue-green? (a) blue (b) green (c) blue-purple (d) yellow-orange
  14. 14.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow-orange (b) red (c) orange (d) red-orange
  15. 15.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and yellow? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) blue
  16. 16.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow sits between blue-purple and red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) two tertiaries (c) a primary + a secondary (d) two primaries
  18. 18.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  19. 19.🎡 How many tertiary colours are there on a 12-part colour wheel?
  20. 20.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-green sits between orange and yellow. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between purple and red? (a) red-purple (b) blue-green (c) yellow-green (d) red-orange
  22. 22.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) red (b) blue-purple (c) yellow (d) blue
  23. 23.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  24. 24.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-purple and red-orange? (a) red-purple (b) red (c) yellow (d) yellow-orange
  25. 25.🎡 Which of these is a neutral colour, not found on the colour wheel? (a) blue-green (b) grey (c) orange (d) red
  26. 26.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-green sits between yellow and green. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  28. 28.True or false: blue-purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these is a tertiary colour? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) yellow-green (d) blue
  30. 30.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) red-purple
  32. 32.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, blue-purple sits between red and orange. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue (c) blue-green (d) yellow
  34. 34.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-orange sits between red and orange. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow sits between purple and red. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow-orange (b) red (c) orange (d) blue-purple
  37. 37.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  38. 38.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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