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Colour Wheel Worksheet for Kids

Art and painting lesson 3: The colour wheel · Set 16 · 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: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue (c) red-orange (d) yellow
  3. 3.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and green? (a) yellow-green (b) orange (c) blue (d) purple
  4. 4.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red sits between red-purple and red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow-orange sits between blue and purple. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🎡 A tertiary colour is made by mixing… (a) two tertiaries (b) black and white (c) two primaries (d) a primary + a secondary
  7. 7.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) red (c) orange (d) yellow-green
  8. 8.True or false: yellow is a tertiary colour. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  10. 10.🎡 On the colour wheel, is green a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  11. 11.🎡 How many colours are there on a basic 12-part colour wheel?
  12. 12.🎡 On a simple 6-part colour wheel, how many colours are there?
  13. 13.🎡 On the colour wheel, is red-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  14. 14.True or false: orange is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🎡 On the colour wheel, is purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour (c) tertiary colour
  16. 16.🎡 Colours that sit side by side on the colour wheel are called… (a) analogous colours (b) complementary colours (c) neutral colours (d) primary colours
  17. 17.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  18. 18.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between purple and red? (a) red-orange (b) yellow-orange (c) red-purple (d) blue
  19. 19.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow-green and blue-green? (a) orange (b) green (c) yellow (d) red-orange
  20. 20.🎡 On the colour wheel, is blue-purple a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) primary colour
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) orange
  22. 22.🎡 On the colour wheel, is orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) primary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  23. 23.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, green sits between red-purple and red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red-purple and red-orange? (a) yellow-orange (b) green (c) red (d) red-orange
  25. 25.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, yellow sits between red-orange and yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red-purple (b) purple (c) red (d) yellow-green
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red-purple (b) purple (c) green (d) orange
  28. 28.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: blue-green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and yellow? (a) purple (b) blue (c) orange (d) green
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) blue-purple
  32. 32.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, orange sits between purple and red. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow-orange (b) purple (c) red-orange (d) blue-purple
  34. 34.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red-purple sits between purple and red. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🎡 On a 6-part colour wheel, which colour sits between yellow and blue? (a) red (b) purple (c) orange (d) green
  36. 36.🎡 On a 12-part colour wheel, which colour sits between red and orange? (a) blue (b) red-orange (c) orange (d) red-purple
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) red (c) orange (d) purple
  38. 38.True or false: on a 12-part colour wheel, red sits between red and orange. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🎡 On the colour wheel, is yellow-orange a primary, secondary or tertiary colour? (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) primary colour
  40. 40.True or false: yellow-orange is a tertiary colour. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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